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We need to talk about Huawei's (alleged) thefts:

https://www.engadget.com/2019/02/20/we-need-to-talk-about-huawei/

"This week, The Information published a report claiming Huawei has been attempting to appropriate all of Apple's trade secrets. Employees were apparently instructed to do deals with Apple's component suppliers in the hope of learning its secrets. In one instance, a company that makes the coveted optical heart-rate sensor for the Apple Watch was targeted.

Last month, the Financial Times said Huawei "ran a bonus scheme" to encourage workers to steal rival companies' technology. Then there was the Bloomberg report detailing an FBI sting over a US startup's super-tough glass that, it's alleged, Huawei tried to reverse engineer. Not to mention the noise about Huawei's bungled attempts to steal T-Mobile's phone-testing robot.

There are also the stories of Huawei stealing the work of designers and artists to run inside its advertising campaigns. In 2018, DesignTaxi reported that the company had appropriated the animations of Paul McMahon as background to its launch event. Similarly, but more bizarrely, designer Victoria Balva accused the company of hijacking one of her designs for a glass dome to be put up in its new HQ building.

Politically, Huawei has not been welcome in the US for some time, as officials were wary about the company's close relations with government. In early 2018, FBI director Chris Wray expressed concern about allowing Huawei to build American mobile networks. He said that to permit it to provide infrastructure would give it the "capacity to conduct undetected espionage."

It's not just the US keeping Huawei at arm's length or treating its claims with a level of skepticism. Australia, New Zealand and Poland have all issued official or de facto bans, and other countries, like Germany and the UK, are monitoring the company closely. In Huawei's defense, the company has maintained its innocence, and there are geopolitical tensions in play as well. Not to mention that founder Ren Zhengfei has pledged that his company does not, and will not, engage in spying."