Beijing fired back Tuesday over criminal charges against Chinese telecom giant Huawei, calling them politically motivated and urging the United States to stop the “unreasonable bashing”…
Beijing fired back Tuesday over criminal charges against Chinese telecom giant Huawei, calling them politically motivated and urging the United States to stop the “unreasonable bashing” of Chinese companies.
The U. S. Department of Justice announced charges against Huawei and its chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, on Monday, alleging that the company stole trade secrets, violated trade sanctions against Iran, committed wire fraud and obstructed justice.
“For some time, the U. S. has been using national power to tarnish and crack down on specific Chinese companies in an attempt to strangle their lawful and legitimate operations,“ Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said in a statement Tuesday. “Behind such practices are deep political intentions and manipulations. We strongly urge the U. S. to stop its unreasonable bashing on Chinese companies, including Huawei, and treat them objectively and fairly.”
Geng called on the United States “to immediately withdraw its arrest warrant for Ms. Meng Wanzhou, refrain from making a formal extradition request and stop going further down the wrong path.
