Huawei Boss Attacks ‘Closed-Minded’ American Lawmakers
- Chairman Xu calls Marco Rubio and Jim Banks “ill-informed”
- His remarks come as U.S.-China tensions over trade worsen
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Huawei Technologies Co. has lately become a prominent target for U.S. factions seeking to raise alarms over alleged Chinese espionage and technology theft. Now Huawei’s striking back.
Eric Xu, the company’s current rotating chairman, minced no words in an unusually pointed riposte to American lawmakers who raised concerns about Huawei’s ties to U.S. colleges. He singled out Congressman Jim Banks and Senator Marco Rubio, saying they persuaded peers to write to the Education Secretary and call for an inquiry into whether Huawei steals American research through projects with dozens of universities.