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U.S. Allies Capture China Tech Business Despite Washington’s Curbs
The U.S. is making it tougher for American companies to help Beijing roll out superfast 5G cellular networks, but companies in Japan are fueling China’s leap ahead—and making money doing it.
June 29, 2020 Source: WSJ
Bolton book reveals ‘Xi’s personal appeals to Trump’ on Huawei, ZTE
Former national security adviser says Chinese president suggested that he would ‘owe Trump a favour’ if sanctions on companies were eased.
June 28, 2020 Source: South China Morning Post
Chinese embassy lashes out at Canada over Spavor, Kovrig cases
Embassy accuses Canadian government of irresponsible comments about the detention of two men and demands the release of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.
June 27, 2020 Source: South China Morning Post
Canada's Trudeau rejects call to swap Huawei executive for detainees in China
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday rejected a call to swap an imprisoned Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] executive for two citizens held by Beijing, saying such a move would set a bad precedent and harm Canada.
June 25, 2020 Source: U.S.
Another Chinese university dodges export controls on US software
Despite being on an American sanctions list, Beijing’s top aeronautics college used third parties to buy US engineering software called MATLAB.
June 25, 2020 Source: South China Morning Post
Britain should side with U.S. over Huawei, former PM Blair says
Britain will ultimately have to side with the United States in a decision on allowing China's Huawei Technologies a role in its 5G network, former Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Thursday.
June 25, 2020 Source: U.S.
Japan Plans National Champion to Challenge Huawei
Japan’s top telecommunications company is taking a $600 million stake in a leading telecoms hardware maker, seeking to build a national champion that can take business from China’s Huawei Technologies Co.
June 25, 2020 Source: WSJ
China's Huawei to build $1.2 billion British research centre
China's Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] said on Thursday it had received planning permission for a 1 billion pound ($1.2 billion) research and development facility in England.
June 25, 2020 Source: U.S.
Exclusive: Trump administration says Huawei, Hikvision backed by Chinese military
The Trump administration has determined that top Chinese firms, including telecoms equipment giant Huawei Technologies and video surveillance company Hikvision , are owned or controlled by the Chinese military, laying the groundwork for new U.S. financial sanctions...
June 24, 2020 Source: U.S.
Huawei Loses Main Singapore 5G Networks to Ericsson, Nokia
Singapore’s biggest telecom operators chose Ericsson AB and Nokia Oyj as their main 5G network providers, leaving China’s Huawei Technologies Co. with less significant contracts in the city state.
June 24, 2020 Source: Bloomberg
Halt extradition of Huawei exec to help secure release of Canadian citizens, says ex-Canada Supreme Court Justice | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Canada’s government has the authority to halt the extradition of a Huawei executive and should do so as part of efforts to secure the release of two Canadian citizens detained in China, a former Supreme Court Justice has said. Former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor were detained by Beijing in December 2018, days after […]
June 24, 2020 Source: Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Meng Wanzhou’s Canadian extradition case will stretch until April 2021
The new schedule was approved by a Canadian judge after the original timeline for the case was thrown into disarray by the coronavirus pandemic.
June 23, 2020 Source: South China Morning Post
US demands China free Canadians detained after Huawei CFO’s arrest
Pompeo called the charges against Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor ‘politically motivated’ and ‘completely groundless’; The two men were detained in 2018, nine days after Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada on a US warrant.
June 22, 2020 Source: South China Morning Post
China says espionage cases against Canadians not linked to Huawei CFO
China said on Monday the espionage cases against two Canadian citizens in the country are unrelated to the ongoing extradition case in Canada against Huawei senior executive Meng Wanzhou and called for Meng's release.
June 22, 2020 Source: U.S.
China-India border dispute: what are New Delhi’s options to respond?
‘Indian soldiers will look for a time and place of their choosing and pay it back’.
June 18, 2020 Source: South China Morning Post
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says there's 'no question' Huawei routed data to Beijing
Huawei has often been accused of posing risks to national security, with U.S. officials worried it could enable Chinese espionage.
June 18, 2020 Source: CNBC
U.S. companies can work with Huawei on 5G, other standards: Commerce Department
The United States on Monday confirmed a Reuters report that it will amend its prohibitions on U.S. companies doing business with China's Huawei to allow them to work together on setting standards for next-generation 5G networks.
June 15, 2020 Source: U.S.
Why China did not retaliate after latest US move to target Huawei
Beijing prepared black list of ‘unreliable entities’ but was not prepared to take economic hit from targeting US business, source close to Chinese government says.
June 13, 2020 Source: South China Morning Post
Canada spy report on Meng Wanzhou’s arrest is revealed
Meng’s lawyers say the report written by the CSIS intelligence agency provides evidence of ‘coordinated state misconduct’ between the US and Canada against her.
June 12, 2020 Source: South China Morning Post
Huawei Ruling Crushes Hope China May End Canola Feud With Canada
Optimism that China may end its yearlong trade spat with Canada over canola imports is fading after a court ruling against a Huawei Technologies Co. executive in Vancouver.
May 28, 2020 Source: Bloomberg