China says Huawei is the victim of a 'witch hunt' as it warns European countries not to freeze the company out of their 5G networks
parts of its 5G network, citing cybersecurity fears.
Sir Iain Duncan Smith, former Conservative party leader and one of the authors of the letter, said: "You have an organisation from a country that is an aggressor in terms of cyber warfare and a company that is clearly totally and utterly in the hands of the Chinese government who demand absolute obedience on these matters."
Ambassador Liu Xiaoming said the group was unfairly persecuting Huawei for geopolitical reasons. "Huawei is a private-owned company, nothing to do with the Chinese government. The only problem they have is they are a Chinese company." Liu responded. The UK's decision to partially include Huawei in its 5G network came as a massive blow to the Trump administration, which has been
on the grounds that the company provides technological "backdoors" for Chinese government espionage. Huawei has repeatedly denied this.
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