Official support comes as telecoms company stresses its independence from Beijing
China’s foreign minister has spoken in support of Huawei’s lawsuit against the US, praising the company for refusing to suffer US attacks like “silent lambs”, as the telecoms company seeks to establish its independence from Beijing to its foreign customers.
Foreign minister Wang Yi’s statements came a day after Huawei announced it had filed a lawsuit against the US government alleging the ban on government purchases of Huawei equipment was unconstitutional.
“We support the company and individual in question in seeking legal redress to protect their own rights and interests, and refusing to be silent lambs,” Mr Wang said at a news conference on the sidelines of the annual meeting of China’s legislature.
Earlier this week, Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s chief financial officer and the daughter of the company’s founder, filed a lawsuit against Canadian border agents accusing them of unlawfully interrogating her prior to her arrest in Vancouver.
