Huawei’s founder says world can’t live without itBy The Manila TimesBEIJING: The founder of Chinese telecom giant Huawei has hit back at US efforts to blacklist the company, saying defiantly that the world cannot do without Huawei and its “more advanced” technology. “There’s no way the US can crush us,” Ren Zhengfei said in an interview with the BBC. Last year, security concerns prompted Australia to ban Huawei equipment from its future 5G network. US prosecutors also are charging Huawei with stealing trade secrets, saying it offered rewards to employees for stealing technology from other rivals. “America doesn’t represent the world.”“Even if they persuade more countries not to use us temporarily, we can always downsize and become smaller.”AFP/CC

Source: Manila Times February 19, 2019 04:18 UTC