Navy secretary, other US officials increasingly sounding alarm over Chinese smartphone maker Huawei
By: Geoff Ziezulewicz   1 day ago
A man uses his mobile phone in front of a Huawei shop in Shanghai on May 3, 2018. U.S. officials are warning against using smartphones from Chinese cellphone maker Huawei over security concerns. (Johannes Eisele/ AFP via Getty Images)
As U.S. military brass continues to beat the warning drum about an ascendant China threatening the global order, the company responsible for some of the world’s hottest smartphones is being called out as another Chinese front in the burgeoning battle for supremacy with the United States.
The cellphone behemoth Huawei was started by a former Chinese military official and has “extraordinary ties to the Chinese government,†Senate Select Intelligence Committee Chairman Sen. Richard Burr said in February.
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