have provided no evidence for their assertions
that the company, based in southern China’s
Shenzhen, may use its equipment for espionage.
CCTV ran a Daily Show clip that highlighted
Huawei’s lead in 5G technology. It did not
include parts of the segment featuring concerns
over China’s potential ability to spy using
Huawei-equipped 5G networks.
“Recently, famous American talk show host
Trevor Noah expressed his views on America’s
relentless suppression of Huawei,” the CCTV host
said. “He says the reason for the suppression
is because Huawei possesses advanced 5G
technology, while American 5G lags far behind.”
It then ran the Daily Show clips where Noah
states, “And right now, the best 5G technology is
made by a Chinese company called Huawei.”
“While America is developing its own 5G, China’s
5G is so far ahead. They’re basically going to set
the trends,” Noah says. “So, this is a race many
people are already saying America has lost.”
A Comedy Central spokeswoman for The Daily
Show was unavailable because of the Memorial
Day holiday.
Washington has ordered restrictions on U.S.
technology sales to Huawei, subject to a 90-day
grace period for Huawei smartphone owners
and smaller U.S. telecoms providers that rely on
its networking equipment, but only for existing
hardware and software. The government said
that grace period could be renewed.
In its broadcast Monday, CCTV also carried an
interview with Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei,
whose daughter, company CFO Meng Wanzhou,
is under house arrest in Canada awaiting
extradition hearings for U.S. fraud charges.
Huawei is prepared for an extended conflict,
he said.
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