BEIJING: China has summoned the Canadian ambassador to protest the detention of a top executive of leading Chinese tech giant Huawei, calling it “unreasonable, unconscionable, and vile in nature” and warning of “grave consequences” if she is not released.
A report by the official Xinhua News Agency carried on the Foreign Ministry’s website says Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng had called in Ambassador John McCallum on Saturday over the holding of Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, who is reportedly suspected of trying to evade US trade curbs on Iran.
Huawei is the biggest global supplier of network gear for phone and Internet companies and has been the target of deepening US security concerns. The US has pressured European countries and other allies to limit use of its technology.
China: Canada’s detention of Huawei exec ‘vile in nature’
Updated 09 December 2018
China: Canada’s detention of Huawei exec ‘vile in nature’
- Huawei is the biggest global supplier of network gear for phone and Internet companies and has been the target of deepening US security concerns
