Huawei’s unrelenting rise to global dominance in the telecoms equipment market has presented the Chinesecompany with many challenges — including persuading consumers to pronounce its name “wah-way”, not “who-are-we”.
But this year, the 31-year-old company has come under serious, unprecedented scrutiny, caught in the middle of a trade war between the US and China while concerns mount about the use of its equipment in European telecoms networks.
More recently, the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, the company’s chief financial officer, on Saturday has sent shockwaves through the ranks of