‘Doing so would be a violation of laws in the countries where we provide our services,’ Eric Xu, one of the Chinese telecom giant’s rotating chairmen, says, although experts suggest any company headquartered in China would have difficulty denying such an order
Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei would not heed a direct order to use equipment it manufactures for espionage in foreign countries, even if the demand came from the General Secretary of the Communist Party, a top Huawei executive said Tuesday.
Publicly pledging to oppose a directive from Mr. Xi, even a hypothetical one, is a delicate proposition for a Chinese executive, and experts said it would be difficult for any company headquartered in China to deny an order from the Party, which has removed leadership limits under Mr. Xi and declared that it “exercises overall leadership over all areas of endeavour in every part of the country.”
Mr. Bethune’s legacy has been a longstanding wellspring of Chinese “friendship toward Canadians for so many years,” he said, so it is “regretful that after what happened around Wanzhou, both these two countries and the people of these two countries have seen some rising misunderstandings between them. As I see it, Huawei, the Chinese people and the Canadian people are all victims in this.”
Asked why Huawei should be trusted, Mr. Xu drew an analogy to Boeing as it struggles to rebuild public confidence in its 737 MAX aircraft, which has been grounded around the world after two fatal crashes raised questions about the role of a Boeing-designed software system. It’s an argument designed to rebut a fundamental allegation by critics: that Huawei is an outlier among global telecommunications firms, rooted in a country that western leaders increasingly see as a technological and economic competitor. Earlier this year, FBI Director Christopher Wray warned that Huawei equipment could provide an opening for Beijing to “maliciously modify or steal information, conduct undetected espionage, or exert pressure or control.
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