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Huawei ban

July 2024

The US has targeted Huawei on concerns its equipment may be used to spy for the Chinese government, an allegation the company refutes.

America’s campaign to kill Huawei has failed

After international sanctions drove profits down 70 per cent, the Chinese telecommunications company learnt that it didn’t need to rely on the West.

June 2023

EU considers mandatory ban on using Huawei to build 5G

The move comes as concern rises in Brussels that some national governments are dragging their feet on the issue.

January 2023

China had been using high-tech acquisitions in the US and European Union to enhance its own firms’ technical capabilities.

US considers full ban on sales to Huawei

Pressure is mounting on President Joe Biden to intensify a crackdown on the Chinese technology sector with Huawei long suspected of having ties to the Beijing government.

November 2022

“These new rules are an important part of our ongoing actions to protect the American people from national security threats involving telecommunications,” the FCC said.

US bans Huawei, ZTE Telecom equipment on data-security risk

The decision extends a years-long effort to limit the reach of Chinese telecommunications companies into US networks.

October 2022

The chips are down in the global bet on who will win the US v China tech war.

China-US tech war puts rest of the world in a fix

The world is headed for two technology clusters divided by allegiance to China or the US. This will throw up extremely difficult challenges for the global trading system.

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July 2022

Huawei Watch D

Stressed at work? This watch wants to keep track for you

Huawei’s Watch D has a small airbag built into its watchband, which inflates just like a conventional blood-pressure cuff. Only, it won’t be for everyone.

May 2022

China had been using high-tech acquisitions in the US and European Union to enhance its own firms’ technical capabilities.

Canada bans Huawei from 5G, ending years-long impasse

The long-awaited announcement will be welcomed by President Joe Biden’s administration, which has sought to steer countries away from Huawei for security reasons.

March 2022

Chinese developed supercomputer Sunway-TaihuLight operates at the National Supercomputing Center in Wuxi.

US fuels China’s techno-nationalism

Xi Jinping is driving a Manhattan Project-style plan for China to take the lead in cutting-edge tech. Blame Donald Trump.

October 2021

Canada’s closest allies, including Australia, have already ordered outright bans of the company.

Huawei rejected by three in four Canadians on eve of 5G decision

Opposition to Huawei’s participation in 5G has surged, amid outrage over China’s imprisonment of two Canadians in grim conditions for more than 1000 days.

September 2021

Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei.

Huawei CFO Meng freed after agreeing to US agreement

Meng Wanzhou left Canada on a chartered flight hours after she agreed to a deferred-prosecution agreement to resolve criminal charges against her.

June 2021

US investors banned from investing in 59 Chinese companies

The Biden administration has extended Donald Trump’s blacklist on Chinese companies that it says threaten security and human rights.

March 2021

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China puts Canadians on trial for espionage ahead of US meeting

Two Canadians jailed in China for more than two years will go on trial for espionage this week as top Chinese and US officials meet in Alaska.

February 2021

TPG’s 5G rollout is in full swing and it is primed to grow, chief executive Iñaki Berroeta says.

Tax credit lifts TPG to full-year profit

Chief executive Iñaki Berroeta said the company was primed to grow thanks to its new-found scale after last year’s merger with Vodafone Australia.

January 2021

Tactics once used mainly for government objectives — like Russia’s interference in the 2016 US presidential election — are being adapted to achieve corporate goals.

Inside a Pro-Huawei influence campaign

While clumsily executed, the effort is seen as likely to become more common as disinformation campaigns become increasingly commercialised.

The planned acquisition of major builder Probuild by state-owned China State Construction Engineering Corp has fallen over.

Bad blood doesn't help Beijing either

Josh Frydenberg's effective blocking of the Probuild takeover shows that China no longer gets the benefit of the doubt on foreign investment decisions.

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November 2020

Britain is worried that emerging players could be locked out of 5G.

Britain teams up with Japan's NEC to bypass Huawei

The British government is looking to back rival 5G providers, as it tries to ensure a Huawei ban doesn't leave it stuck with only Nokia and Ericsson.

November 2020

US Undersecretary of State Keith Krach sought to link Australia with Washington's campaign against China.

US is not making it easy for Morrison on China

The fiery rhetoric coming out of the Washington is making it hard for Australia to mend ties with China.

September 2020

Huawei has slashed local investment in research and development by over $100 million, and will have jettisoned 1000 jobs by next year, a company spokesman says.

Huawei reveals $100m local cost of 'cold war'

Huawei is cutting its investment in Australia by $100 million and will axe 1000 local jobs as experts warn all sides will be hurt in the China-US tech war.

The Huawei P10 phone.

Huawei's phone sales in Australia tumble after US ban

The Chinese phone maker suffered a 75 per cent decline in Australian handset sales between January and July.

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Australia faces the music in China

Our political system has never dealt with the results of mass immigration from a country whose intentions and policies are now often regarded as hostile to Australia’s interests.

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