Huawei’s Prison Camp Technology Goes Global

Chinese company's network equipment enables mass persecution, is being exported around world

A display for facial recognition and artificial intelligence on monitors at Huawei's Bantian campus in Shenzhen, China, on April 26, 2019. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

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Huawei, the embattled Chinese network equipment provider, has a new accusation to address. In the West, the company has become well known for its 5G network equipment and as the second-largest maker of handsets in the world. It is also a leader in AI technology.