Category: Huawei

Is It Huawei or the Highway?

Commentary With President Donald Trump leaving office on Jan. 20, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is wasting no time in picking up where it left before Trump came to power and spoiled its expansion plans into Europe. Huawei, a Chinese government owned 5G vendor, has been linked to cyber-attacks, sanction violations, theft of IP and…


Swedish Court Dismisses Huawei Appeal Over 5G Network Ban

STOCKHOLM—A Swedish court has dismissed an appeal by Huawei against its exclusion from the country’s 5G network roll out, paving the way for the 5G spectrum auction scheduled for next week to proceed as planned. The Chinese telecom group had earlier this month appealed against a decision by the Administrative Court of Appeal that allowed…


Tory Immigration Critic Blasts Feds for Granting Travel Exemptions to Meng Wanzhou’s Family to Visit Canada

Conservative immigration critic Raquel Dancho has lashed out over the government’s decision to grant travel exemptions to Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou’s family to visit her in Vancouver, when Canadians are being told to avoid all non-essential travel. “This is an insult to the millions of Canadians who were told by this government not to visit…


Power Behind Chinese Telecom Giants

News Analysis The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) announced on Jan. 6 that it would resume delisting the three Chinese telecom stocks—China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom (Hong Kong) — after saying it would stop doing so on Jan. 4. The NYSE said in a statement published on its website that it had scrapped…


Chinese Epoch Times Among Websites Blocked When Using Vodafone Devices in UK

When connected to the internet using Vodafone wi-fi routers and sim cards, the Chinese version of The Epoch Times, among other websites, can’t be accessed unless the customer confirms he/she is over 18, several Vodafone customers said. According to Vodafone’s website, age-restricted content includes “pornography, violence, discrimination, drugs, or crime.” Stefanos Matrakoukas, one of the…


Nearly Half of Canadians Support Decreased Trade with China: Survey

The number of Canadians who support a decreasing trade relationship with China is four times higher than those who want to increase trade, according to a new survey. The poll (pdf), conducted by Nanos Research and commissioned by CTV News, shows that an overall 45 percent of respondents believe Canada should decrease trade with China…


Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou Applies for Change to Bail Terms

Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou has applied for changes to her bail conditions and a hearing will be heard on Jan. 12 and 13. The Canadian Department of Justice confirmed the application in a statement, adding that the hearing will be heard by Justice William Ehrcke, the same judge who set the current bail…


Chinese Companies’ Overseas Offices and Expat Organizations Serve as Beijing’s Outposts: Leaked Documents

The Epoch Times recently obtained government documents revealing that overseas divisions of Chinese state-owned companies and Chinese expat associations serve as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s outposts for pushing its economic and political agenda outside of China. The documents exposed that the CCP maintains close ties with state-owned businesses and has set up liaison offices…


Huawei Eyes Off Australian 6G Network After 5G Ban

Huawei’s Australian arm has not given up developing the country’s future mobile network, saying it wants to be part of Australia’s distant 6G or 7G rollout. In 2018, the Chinese telecommunications firm was banned from involvement in Australia’s 5G network due to security concerns. Jeremy Mitchell, Huawei Australia’s chief corporate affairs officer, was confident though…


US Turns Tide on Huawei, Ending CCP’s 5G Master Plan

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration scored a victory against the regime in Beijing this year through its “Clean Network” campaign that booted Huawei Technologies Co. out of critical telecommunications infrastructure in many countries. The effort, while not well-publicized, secured an array of commitments from governments to exclude untrusted vendors from their fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks. As of…