According to the newspaper's U.K. source, Huawei "has received funding from branches of Beijing’s state security apparatus... American intelligence shown to Britain says that Huawei has taken money from the People’s Liberation Army, China’s National Security Commission and a third branch of the Chinese state intelligence network." If true, the equipment maker taking funding from the Chinese military and state security machine would explode every defense offered through this long-running campaign to protest their innocence. Huawei has always denied any claims of funding from Beijing or working to aid the objectives of China's state intelligence apparatus, and so this could be the most serious allegation yet leveled against the company. If the U.K. does follow the U.S. request to prohibit Huawei, that will mean a much more robust wall around Five Eyes intelligence sharing. But if Huawei is genuinely taking funding from the Chinese military, there will be no alternative.

Source: Forbes April 20, 2019 05:45 UTC