China has over the years been using foreign companies on its land as a diplomatic tool to put pressure on or punish other countries. However, this year the world has begun serving Beijing a taste of its own medicine. While the public has started a boycott movement by burning down Chinese products and deleting Chinese-made software, officials have said that their state-run telecom companies will not buy equipment from Chinese companies such as ZTE Corp, and Huawei Technologies Co, for future 4G mobile networks. The private telecom companies too have been warned against working with the Chinese companies in the rollout of new 5G networks. According to the US, Huawei is likely to help the Beijing government in spying.

Source: dna June 23, 2020 05:03 UTC