As Donald Trump continues to raise the stakes with threats to kneecap Huawei and other companies over what the US says are rising national security risks, officials in Beijing are weighing their options to respond.
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The first great power rivalry of the 21st century has begun. It is not a re-run of the Cold War, however. Instead, this rivalry will look unlike any that has come before it.
US President Donald Trump has said he would intervene in US efforts to extradite Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou if it helped him win a trade deal with China.
The Trump administration has insisted the arrest of a top Huawei executive has nothing to do with trade talks. In Beijing, it’s just the latest US move to contain China’s rise as a global power.
Huawei chief financial officer Wanzhou Meng faces extradition to the US over potential violations of American sanctions on Iran. Here are the latest developments.
China’s state media called the arrest of Huawei’s chief financial officer in Canada a “despicable rogue’s approach”, painting the move as a politically motivated effort to contain China’s rise.
On the same day Donald Trump and Xi Jinping struck a trade war truce in Argentina, some 11 000km away Canadian authorities made an arrest that now threatens to make the US-China conflict much worse.
Huawei Technologies’ chief financial officer was arrested in Canada over potential violations of US sanctions on Iran, provoking outrage from China.
China is exploring a merger between two of the nation’s three wireless carriers to speed up the development of 5G mobile services amid a race with the US over the technology, according to people familiar with the matter.
The US senate plans to advance legislation to restore penalties on ZTE after President Donald Trump drew sharp criticism for easing restrictions to get the Chinese company back in business. The senate is voting late