Liu Xiaoming, the Chinese Ambassador of the UK, has recently given out a statement as a warning to the UK. The government official said that banning Huawei will have consequences.
Earlier this year, Huawei had been allowed to help build the 5G networking infrastructure, although only on noncore areas and with a market cap. However, just a few months after this announcement, criticism against the Chinese tech giant caused the Parliament to announce a complete phase out of telecommunications equipment made by Huawei by 2023.
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According to Liu Xiaoming, “banning Huawei sends out a very wrong message.” Furthermore, Liu claimed that the US is to blame and that the UK is still influenced by the former’s policies. Although no specifics were given out regarding the “consequences,” but Xiaoming had hinted at investment or investors from China withdrawing from the UK.
“If you want to make China a hostile country, you’ll have to bear the consequences,” said the Chinese Ambassador. Thus, the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, is in a tough position where he could offend either the US or China. 5G networking is the newest hallmark for a developed nation and was said to vastly improve various fields within the country’s infrastructure. An example of this being newer and faster bandwidth helping in the upcoming elections.
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