Tim Culpan, Columnist

The West Finally Has Its Huawei Smoking Gun

It may not be enough to sway those who are already convinced of the Chinese company’s innocence.

Look closely.

Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
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For more than a decade, executives, intelligence agencies and conspiracy theorists have been warning about the dangers of equipment from China’s Huawei Technologies Co.

And for almost as long, Huawei has denied that its telecommunications products pose any kind of security threat.