Chinese warning in the Huawei case

The Chinese government believes that Canada must provide a “non-discriminatory” business climate for companies like Huawei, which it believes are wrongly accused of being in the pay of the Communist Party.

“We would like to stress that China always reminds Chinese companies to respect the laws and regulations in their countries of residence and we are sure that Canada will continue to provide Chinese companies with an impartial, fair, open and non-profit business climate. discriminatory, ”reacted the Consulate General of China in Montreal in a written statement.

“In this regard, we hope that you and other clairvoyant friends can give support to it,” it was added.

Monday, The newspaper revealed that Huawei donated $ 3.9 million to the University of Montreal (UdeM), which says a lot about its desire for influence, according to a former officer of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS ).

The newspaper also expressed fears of espionage of ex-CEO of BlackBerry, Jim Balsillie, and CEO of Genetec, Pierre Racz, who do not understand why Ottawa continues to fund millions of dollars research projects with Huawei despite strong warnings from his Five Eyes secret service allies.

” No proof “

Yesterday, the Chinese consulate repeated that Americans have “no evidence” that Huawei threatens their national security.

“No country, including the United States, has been able to provide evidence to confirm that Huawei’s products have ‘backdoors’ [permettant la surveillance à distance de réseaux cellulaires] », Said the consulate.

Meanwhile, the extradition process to the US of the financial director of Chinese giant Huawei resumed yesterday.

The daughter of the group’s founder was arrested at the end of 2018 at the request of the Americans. Huawei claims Meng Wanzhou is innocent.

For their part, Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig are still behind bars in China.

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