The cheery corporate message contrasts with the standoff over the arrest of Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou on a U.S. warrant. At stake for Huawei are lucrative contracts to provide new superfast mobile networks called 5G. The U.S. says Meng helped break sanctions and accuses Huawei of stealing trade secrets. And Huawei has a vast network of relationships with universities around the world through research partnerships and scholarships. Its normally reclusive chairman, Ren Zhengfei, last month held three media briefings, fielding questions from Western, Japanese and Chinese journalists.

Source: thestar February 13, 2019 17:21 UTC