'Biggest Human Rights Abuse is using human rights as excuse to repress Huawei': China

Amid volatile relations between US and China over a range of issues, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson of China, Hua Chunying has targeted US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over his stand against Chinese telecom equipment manufacturer Huawei. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson accused US of threatening or nations t to do business with Huawei.

Her criticism comes after Pompeo on Sunday, July 26 anunced visa restrictions on employees of various Chinese tech companies, accusing firms like Huawei of providing material support to governments engd in human rights abuses, both at home and abroad.

According to reports, last week in a statement Pompeo said: "Telecommunications companies around world should consider mselves on tice -- If y are doing business with Huawei, y are doing business with human rights abusers."

US Secretary of State Pompeo, in his speech at Richard Nixon Presidential Library on July 23, accused China of tricking US and western world with its ory of ‘Peaceful Rise’. Pompeo levelled several allegations against China, from aggression in international arena to human rights abuses at home.

US Secretary of State went on to add that since start of US-China relationship, y had hoped that as Asian country became prosperous, it would open up and become less of a threat abroad. Pompeo said that hope is w more, and China failed to follow path of change Nixon had hoped for.

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World perspective on Huawei

US has officially designated Huawei and ZTE as posing threat to country's national security and hence, banned it. Australia has also banned Huawei from participating in development of its 5G network. New Zealand has also restricted its service provider from using Huawei 5G equipment. Canada too has ditched Huawei and got onboard Ericsson and kia for building its 5G network. However, Canada is reviewing security implications of using Huawei equipment in development of 5G.

European Union which did t call for a complete ban but said countries can restrict high-risk 5G vendors targeting Huawei, however, decision is left to member nations wher y want to incorporate risky vendors or t. France although has ruled out a complete ban on Huawei equipment for its 5G network; however, telecom companies are being coaxed to avoid involving Chinese company. Singapore's wireless network operators also shunted Huawei by choosing kia and Ericsson for development of its 5G networks.

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