Ottawa’s national intelligence review concluded the two Chinese telecoms giants presented potential security risks for their alleged close ties to the Chinese state and military
Beijing has accused Ottawa of “political manipulation” after it moved to ban Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE from Canada’s 5G networks.
In an earlier statement, a spokesperson for China’s embassy to Canada accused Ottawa of conspiring with the United States “in suppressing Chinese companies,” saying security concerns were “just a pretext for political manipulation.”that a national intelligence review had concluded the two Chinese telecoms giants presented potential security risks. Canadian firms that currently use Huawei and ZTE gear in their networks will be required to remove it over the next five years.
When countries began rolling out next generation networking capabilities over the next decade, many governments moved to block the participation of the Chinese firms, despite their technology often being more advanced and cheaper than their competitors. The daughter of Mr. Ren, the Huawei founder, Ms. Meng was detained in Vancouver in 2019 at the request of the U.S., which sought her extradition on bank-fraud charges. In September 2021, Washington and Beijing reached an agreement that allowed Ms. Meng to return to China as part of a deferred prosecution agreement.
Speaking Thursday, Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne said the decision to ban Huawei and ZTE “follows a full review by our security agencies and in consultation with our closest allies.”
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