“People can tell right and wrong, justice will have its day. What we’re standing up for is not just the interests of a company, but also a country or nation’s legitimate right to innovate and by extension the basic right of all countries who wish to climb up the technology ladder,” Wang said.
Wang did not explain how being blocked from selling to the American government would prevent the company from innovating.
The commentary from Wang was the latest in a series of arguments from either Huawei or the Chinese government that the U.S. has engaged in a pre-meditated attack on the company. Beijing has repeatedly suggested it’s because the world’s largest economy feels its business interests are threatened by the telecom — and Chinese technology more broadly.
The U.S., however, has said that it is worried about the security risks posed by Huawei, alleging that the company’s equipment may contain backdoors that could be used by the Chinese government for espionage. Huawei has continuously denied those claims, but intelligence experts who spoke to CNBC have said there’s cause for skepticism about the company’s assurances it’s not a risk.
Experts point to Chinese laws that allegedly mean every domestic company is legally mandated to assist the country in intelligence gathering. China’s companies are also thought to be forbidden from talking about any intelligence work.
Huawei has argued that its absence from the U.S. telecom market could slow the rollout of next generation mobile network technology known as 5G and hurt consumers, claims experts have dismissed.
—CNBC’s Evelyn Cheng contributed to this report.
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