China 'hopes' NZ will let Huawei into 5G, despite US 'bullying'

China 'hopes' NZ will let Huawei into 5G, despite US 'bullying'
Pattrick Smellie
By Pattrick Smellie Sept. 12 (BusinessDesk) - China's ambassador to New Zealand, Wu Xi, says her government hopes New Zealand will let Chinese telecommunications company Huawei provide equipment for the country's 5G network despite "trade bullying" from the United States. In a rare interview, Wu employs a range of classic Chinese Communist Party epithets to rebuke the US for its "disgraceful and immoral" conduct and defend China's patchy record of intellectual property protection.  The US had "continuously abused the national security...

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