Merkel Chooses China Over Her Own Party on Huawei

Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
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Chancellor Angela Merkel has gotten a lot of advice on why not to allow Chinese equipment supplier Huawei Technologies Co. into Germany’s 5G network. After the U.S. and Germany’s intelligence services, it’s her own party that’s pressuring her for an outright ban.