China Confident Huawei Will Build Brazil’s 5G Mobile Network

  • Ambassador says Brazil not swayed by defamation against Huawei
  • Xi and Bolsonaro to meet this week at BRICS Summit in Brasilia

Huawei Mate X foldable 5G mobile device

Photographer: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg

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China’s government says it’s confident that Brazil will choose Huawei Technologies Co. to build its ultra-fast fifth generation mobile network, a high-stake decision that would likely put President Jair Bolsonaro in collision course with the U.S.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to meet his Brazilian counterpart in Brasilia this week -- their second meeting in less than a month -- during a summit of the BRICS group which also includes Russia, India and South Africa.