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In this Oct. 31, 2019, file photo, attendees walk past a display for 5G services from Chinese technology firm Huawei at the PT Expo in Beijing.

China’s new Silk Road runs through cyberspace, worrying rivals and privacy advocates

On China's New Silk Road

China is fast becoming a global leader in cutting-edge technologies — such as artificial intelligence, facial recognition, surveillance and 5G. But critics say China’s technology enables authoritarian control and increases dependence on an autocratic state.

A man is shown looking down at this phone and wearing a face mask with a Huawei store in the background.

Britain bans Huawei from 5G network; US rejects China’s claims in most of the South China Sea; Judge to hear university case over ICE decision

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Two people are shown standing outside of a Huawei store with a 5G symbol on the glass exterior.

UK to exclude Huawei from role in high-speed phone network

Technology
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Donald Trump welcomed to Buckingham Palace by Queen Elizabeth

Global Politics
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Google suspends some business with Huawei after Trump blacklist

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Several people in shadow are shown walking by a red illuminated sign for Huawei.

US blacklists China’s Huawei as trade dispute clouds global outlook

Technology

The Trump administration announced plans to hit Chinese telecom giant Huawei with severe sanctions on Wednesday, adding another incendiary element to the US-China trade dispute.

Canadian businessman Michael Spavor is shown kneeling along with several your Korean school girls in uniform in North Korea,

China says second Canadian being probed for harming state security

Canadian businessman Michael Spavor is being investigated on suspicion of harming China’s security, according to Chinese authorities.

A man is shown walking by the red Huawei logo in a motion blur at a shopping mall in Shanghai, China.

Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou to appear in Canada court as Chinese media slam arrest

A top executive of China’s Huawei Technologies who is under arrest in Canada is set to appear in a Vancouver court on Friday for a bail hearing as she awaits possible extradition to the United States.

Meng Wanzhou, wearing all black, is shown seated with a pen and notepad at a session of the VTB Capital Investment Forum "Russia Calling!" in Moscow, Russia, 2014.

A top Huawei executive has been arrested on a US request, clouding the China trade truce

Justice

The daughter of Huawei’s founder, a top executive at the Chinese technology giant, was arrested in Canada and faces extradition to the United States.

Two Giant Telecom Companies Banned from U.S. Market

Business as usual just got more difficult with China. The House Intelligence Committee will formally call for the ban of two giant Chinese telecommunications companies,  Huawei and ZTE, from operating in the U.S. market. A draft report says those two companies can’t be trusted to be free of Chinese state influence and so pose a security […]

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