Tim Culpan, Columnist

Huawei Shows Where the Real U.S.-China Imbalance Lies

The telecom company’s publicity campaign has taken advantage of rights and freedoms that aren’t available in its home country.

Don’t try this at home.

Photographer: Jason Redmond/AFP/Getty Images

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On March 7, Huawei Technologies Co. held a press conference to announce it’s suing the U.S. government, arguing that a law passed last year barring the Chinese company’s equipment from certain networks is unconstitutional.

A week earlier, its CFO Meng Wanzhou sued Canadian authorities alleging wrongful detention.