Meng’s Release Underscores Huawei’s Security Risk to the World

Meng’s Release Underscores Huawei’s Security Risk to the World
Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou (C) talks to media outside the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on Aug. 18, 2021. Don MacKinnon/AFP via Getty Images
Eric Chen
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The plane chartered by the Chinese government carrying Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s CFO stranded in Canada for three years in an U.S.-led investigation of Huawei’s misconduct, landed on Sept. 25 in Shenzhen, where the telecommunications giant is headquartered. Immediately, it precipitated a wave of punditry about China’s hardball tactics that eventually won her freedom, and a cacophony of chatter about its implication to the deteriorating Sino-U.S. relationship.

Little attention, however, is paid to the real elephant in the room: Huawei’s true identity.

Eric Chen
Eric Chen
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Eric Chen was born and brought up in China during the Cultural Revolution. A participant in China’s pro-democracy movement in 1989, he currently lives in Northern California and regularly offers his views on Sino-U.S. relationship based on his long-term experience in both countries.
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