Meng Wanzhou, CFO of major Chinese tech company Huawei, has attracted the world’s attention since her arrest in Canada at the request of U.S. authorities. On Dec. 1, Meng was arrested in Vancouver on suspicion of violating U.S. sanctions against Iran. Meng, who is the eldest child of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei and was widely […]

After Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou was arrested, Hong Kong media have unveiled details of the local properties owned by her and her father.

Meng Wanzhou, CFO of Chinese tech giant Huawei, has been thrust in the media spotlight after her arrest in Canada on Dec. 1 for possible violations of U.S. sanctions.

VANCOUVER—Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, is wanted on fraud charges in the United States, her bail hearing was told. Meng is accused of committing fraud because she told banks in the United States that Huawei and Skycom, a Hong Kong-based company reportedly doing business with Iran, had no connection. […]

The repercussion following the arrest of Huawei’s chief financial officer in Canada amid the ongoing Sino-U.S. trade war is going to be minimal, following comments by officials from both the United States and China. Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s CFO and daughter of the company’s founder Ren Zhengfei, was arrested in Vancouver on Dec. 1 at the […]

HONG KONG—Like many top Chinese executives, Meng Wanzhou is a mysterious figure even in her home country, but the 46-year-old chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies had been widely tipped to one day take the helm of the tech giant her father founded. That was until her shock arrest in Canada at the request of […]

VANCOUVER/BEIJING—The daughter of Huawei’s founder, a top executive at the Chinese technology giant, was arrested in Canada and faces extradition to the United States, roiling global stock markets as it threatened to inflame Sino-U.S. trade tensions afresh. The shock arrest of Meng Wanzhou, 46, who is Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s chief financial officer, could have […]

Canadian authorities have arrested Huawei’s chief financial officer on suspicion that she violated U.S. trade sanctions against Iran. Meng Wanzhou, who is the deputy chair of Huawei’s board and daughter of company founder Ren Zhengfei, was arrested in Vancouver at the request of U.S. authorities, The Globe and Mail reported. A court hearing has been […]

SYDNEY—Australia must restrict some firms from providing equipment for its 5G mobile communications network because it is such critical infrastructure, the head of the domestic intelligence agency said, helping to explain why China’s Huawei was banned. Australia expanded its national security rules in August to include telecommunication equipment suppliers, an order that prevented Huawei Technologies […]

The next generation of wireless mobile communications technology—known as 5G—is considered key to revolutionizing many different industries: transportation, healthcare, and manufacturing, to name a few. Countries are currently vying for leadership in 5G because that is seen as critical to economic growth. China’s ambition in the 5G race is stated clearly in its national policy. […]

Chinese telecoms Huawei and ZTE have been blocked from supplying equipment for Australia’s planned 5G Networks due to security concerns. Australia’s federal government announced the ban in a joint statement on Aug. 23 and declared its commitment to take the necessary steps to “safeguard the security of Australians’ information and communications at all times.” Although […]

A leaked internal document, purportedly from an official at Chinese telecom giant Huawei about the ongoing U.S.–Sino trade war, has generated much speculation due to the level of nationalist rhetoric in the memo. On Aug. 16, Cao Shanshi, a well-known Chinese financial news personality and commenter, revealed the memo on his Twitter account, saying that […]

Two key potential participants in Australia’s 5G broadband network have been revealed to have ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which could possibly be perceived as a security risk for the planned network. Serious questions about Nokia and Ericsson—which already have contracts with the Australian government—regarding their connections with the Chinese regime were revealed on […]

LONDON—The board that monitors Britain’s use of communications technology made by Chinese company Huawei has said that it can only give “limited assurance” that it poses no threat to national security. The report from the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (HCSEC) has downgraded previous assessments that said any risks from the Chinese company were “sufficiently […]

SYDNEY—Australia is preparing to ban Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., from supplying equipment for its planned 5G broadband network after intelligence agencies raised concerns that the ruling Chinese Communist Party could force the Chinese telco to hand over sensitive data, two sources said. Western intelligence agencies have for years raised concerns about Huawei’s ties to the […]

SYDNEY—Pacific nations Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands have signed on to a joint undersea internet cable project, funded mostly by Australia, that forestalls plans by Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd to lay the links itself. Wednesday’s pact comes as China pushes for influence in a region Australia views as its backyard, […]

The Western Australian Labor government has been criticised for dismissing security concerns by awarding a A$136 million ($101 million) contract to the controversial Chinese telecommunications company Huawei. The news that the lucrative contract had been won was first released by the Huawei itself in a news release on July 6. The telecommunications giant is in a […]

Lobbyists working for foreign companies or governments will face stricter controls after the federal parliament passed new counter-intelligence legislation targeting foreign interference in the Senate on June 28. Mirroring similar laws in the United States, Australia’s Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme broadens the definition of espionage and requires people working for foreign countries to register as foreign […]

SYDNEY—Australia is expected to pass new legislation on June 27 aimed at preventing interference by foreign governments or agents, a move likely to further stoke tensions with major trading partner China. Mirroring similar laws in the United States, Australia’s Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme requires lobbyists working for foreign countries to register as foreign agents, who […]

SYDNEY—The chairman of China’s telecom firm Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s Australian office said on June 27 that the company’s network equipment is “safe and secure,” ramping up the company’s public lobbying against concerns that its links to the Chinese Communist Party’s intelligence services pose a security risk. Australia is likely to bar Huawei from participating […]

MELBOURNE/SYDNEY—Chinese telecommunications equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is the biggest corporate sponsor of overseas travel for Australian politicians, according to an analysis of travel disclosure registers by an Australian think-tank. The report comes as several politicians have called for Huawei to be banned from participating in a roll-out of Australia’s 5G next-generation communications network, […]

NEWS ANALYSIS Canadians might remember Huawei as the main sponsor of Hockey Night in Canada’s Stanley Cup finals broadcasts. The Chinese telecommunications giant’s TV ads for the P20 Pro smartphone showcase a slick digital camera. Since 2008, Huawei has had a presence in Canada, but the country is playing a potentially dangerous game if it […]

After Facebook admitted on June 5 to sharing user data with four China tech companies, lawmakers are pressing the social media giant to further explain the partnerships. The four companies—in particular, telecoms giant Huawei, whom U.S. national security intelligence agencies view as a threat—have since come under scrutiny. The other three are computer maker Lenovo […]

The Pentagon has ordered U.S. military bases around the world to pull all smartphones made by Chinese manufacturers Huawei and ZTE from stores, so as to avoid compromising the security of U.S. military service members. Last week The Epoch Times reported that Chinese-made Huawei smartphones were among the electronic products being sold at the Army […]

Smartphones made by the Chinese company Huawei are being sold to soldiers at U.S. military bases in Germany. These sales raise national security concerns, as U.S. intelligence officials and lawmakers have repeatedly accused Huawei of spying for the Chinese regime, to which it is closely tied. Stars and Stripes, a U.S. military-affiliated newspaper, first reported […]

After the United States said it would ban American companies from supplying tech parts and software to the Chinese smartphone maker ZTE, a document circulating on the Chinese internet has elucidated just how troubling the situation would be for China’s second-largest telecoms company. The U.S. Department of Commerce announced the decision on April 16 after […]

Huawei, the world’s largest telecom equipment maker has been under intense scrutiny from lawmakers and regulators in the United States. The company has been accused of assisting the Chinese communist regime in cyber espionage by providing backdoor surveillance systems.

The former head of the Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency said recently that the Chinese electronics company Huawei poses a threat to U.S.national security.

A spokesman for Attorney-General Nicola Roxon told AAP the NBN was the "backbone of Australia's information infrastructure'' and as such the government had a responsibility.

Julia Gillard’s Labor Government intervened late last year despite the government-owned NBN co-endorsing the equipment maker, according to the Australian Financial Review.