Despite the headwind for Huawei due to concerns about cyber security, company founder Ren Zhengfei considers the technology of the Chinese telecommunications giant to be indispensable internationally. „The world can not do without us because we are more advanced,“ he told the British BBC in an interview published today. „The US can not destroy us under any circumstances,“ Ren was quoted as saying.
For the future of the group, which is accused in many countries of being too close to the authorities in Beijing, Ren expressed confidence: „When the lights go out in the west, the east will shine,“ he said. „America does not stand for the world.“
Huawei is one of the world’s leading network equipment suppliers, among other things for the construction of 5G mobile networks, which should lay the foundation for various future technologies such as autonomous vehicles. However, especially at the instigation of the US, several countries classified Huawei as a potential threat to cybersecurity.
Group can always „get smaller“
Even if the US should persuade even more countries to temporarily renounce Huawei technology, the company could still „get smaller,“ said the usually media-averse Ren of the BBC.
He criticized the arrest of his now released bail in Canada as „politically motivated.“ Meng Wanzhou was arrested at the behest of the US in early December. The US Justice accuses Huawei’s chief financial officer of violating Iran sanctions and demands their extradition. „We reject that,“ Ren said. „But now we are on this path and will let the courts clarify that.“
