Huawei Faces Mounting Opposition in UK as Distrust of Beijing Grows

Huawei Faces Mounting Opposition in UK as Distrust of Beijing Grows
A photograph shows the logo of Chinese company Huawei at their main UK offices in Reading, west of London, on January 28, 2020. Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP via Getty Images
Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
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Voices are growing within UK’s ruling party to block Chinese telecom giant Huawei from a role in the country’s 5G network, as the government signals a tougher stance towards Beijing over its handling of the CCP virus pandemic.

The UK government in January granted Huawei a role in building non-sensitive parts of its next-generation wireless network, and capped its involvement at 35 percent. But since then, opposition from within the ruling Conservative Party has cast doubt that the measure can be approved by Parliament, Bloomberg reported.
Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
Cathy He is the politics editor at the Washington D.C. bureau. She was previously an editor for U.S.-China and a reporter covering U.S.-China relations.
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