Huawei Chairman: “America cannot crush us”
(Baonghean) - That was the statement of the founder of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei in an interview published on February 19, denouncing the Washington government's efforts to oppose the company's business.
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| Mr. Ren Zhengfei - Chairman of Huawei Technology Group. |
“America cannot crush us,” said Ren Zhengfei, chairman of Huawei Technologies, in an interview with the British broadcaster BBC.
“The world cannot do without us because we are more advanced” than our competitors, said Mr. Ren Zhengfei.
In his statement, Mr. Ren Zhengfei, 74 years old, also mentioned the “political” verdict related to the arrest of his daughter, Ms. Meng Wanzhou, Chief Financial Officer of Huawei Corporation in December.
Ms. Meng, who has been accused by Washington of conspiring to defraud banks to evade sanctions against Iran, is currently under house arrest in Canada, where she faces extradition to the United States. “We oppose this,” Mr. Fei said, “but for now we will leave the matter to the courts.”
Rarely appearing in the media, in recent months Mr. Ren Zhengfei has had to frequently appear to deal with the growing pressure on his corporation.
Huawei is currently suspected by some countries of being linked to Chinese intelligence services. This is also the goal of Washington, wanting to convince allies to abandon the use of Huawei equipment.
Last year, several countries, including Australia and the United States, banned Huawei from participating in the deployment of 5G, the fifth generation of mobile networks. New Zealand also rejected requests to use equipment from the Chinese corporation.
The US Department of Justice has accused Huawei of stealing trade secrets and deliberately implementing a reward system to encourage the theft of technology secrets from rival companies.
Meanwhile, Mr. Ren Zhengfei is confident about the future of his business. “If the lights go out in the West, the East will always shine,” Mr. Fei argues.
“The United States does not represent the world. Even if they try to convince many countries to temporarily not use our products, we can still reduce the number of products and become smaller,” Mr. Phi said.
However, the US may also fail to convince all its allies to abandon the Chinese telecom giant’s equipment. According to the Financial Times, the UK’s National Cyber Security Intelligence Service (NCSC) has found a way to limit the risks associated with using Huawei’s 5G equipment.
And other countries might argue that if Britain can limit the risk to national security, it can also be cautious about allowing telecoms operators to use products from China.
