The U.S., locked in a trade war with China, is urging countries to stop doing business with Huawei, citing security risks posed by its alleged ties to the Chinese government. But the Philippines — one of the oldest U.S. allies in Asia — has not signed on
have already heeded Washington’s call to limit dealings with Chinese tech suppliers.
“Huawei has established its reputation for value-for-money networking equipment and that is highly attractive to developing and growth markets,” said John Ure, director of the Telecommunications Research Project at the University of Hong Kong.that his country would use Huawei technology “as much as possible.
A man wears a raincoat bearing a Huawei logo in Phnom Penh, Cambodia's capital. Cambodia is among the countries that have signed agreements with Huawei and rivals to develop 5G networks. this month, U.S. officials warned defense leaders that they would stop sharing information with countries that used Huawei for 5G.
The debate over Huawei is particularly fraught in the Philippines. A former U.S. colony that has a seven-decade treaty alliance with the United States, the country of 105 million people has moved closer to China under President Rodrigo Duterte, who has downplayed maritime disputes with Beijing in order to secure greater economic cooperation.
In a second-story office across the street from the Philippine headquarters of Unilever, security officers watch a wall of television screens showing images beamed wirelessly from closed-circuit Huawei cameras.
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