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MENG WANZHOU

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 12, 2019
Chinese woman's secret arrest in U.S. hints that sanctions probe goes beyond just Huawei
U.S. authorities were sitting on a sensitive secret last fall when Canada detained a top Huawei Technologies Co. executive on charges that her company misled banks about the company's business dealings in Iran.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 6, 2019
Fed-up Canada tells U.S. to help with China crisis over Huawei exec or forget about favors
Canada is leaning on the United States to help settle a dispute with China, which has started to block imports of vital Canadian commodities amid a dispute over a detained Huawei executive.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 28, 2019
China's Huawei sees little impact on sales from U.S. broadside
The U.S. campaign against China's Huawei is having little impact on the company's sales and it is unlikely many countries will follow the United States in banning Huawei from building next-generation mobile networks, its rotating chairman, Eric Xu, said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 7, 2019
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou appears in Canadian court; her lawyer raises Trump comments
A Canadian judge set Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou's next court date for May 8 at a brief court appearance on Wednesday where her lawyer briefly raised comments made by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 4, 2019
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou sues Canada for alleged wrongful search in Vancouver
The Huawei Technologies Co. chief financial officer whose detention in Canada has sparked a diplomatic standoff has filed a civil lawsuit against Canadian authorities, alleging she was wrongfully detained and searched.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 28, 2019
Huawei wages charm offensive in the battle for hearts and minds amid U.S. pressure
Huawei Technologies Co. has turned to a blend of wit, sarcasm and defiance to publicly fight allegations that the world's largest maker of telecommunications equipment is spying for China. It's a remarkable shift for a giant whose founder, Ren Zhengfei, spurned the media and avoided overt displays of...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 18, 2019
U.K. concludes it can mitigate security risk from Huawei equipment use in 5G, FT reports
The British government has decided it can mitigate the risks arising from the use of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. in 5G networks, the Financial Times reported on.ft.com/2DLcuFG on Sunday, citing two sources familiar with the conclusion of Britain's National Cyber Security Center (NCSC).
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 30, 2019
Huawei exec Meng Wanzhou attends Canada bail hearing as China hits U.S. 'unreasonable suppression'
Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou appeared in a Canadian court on Tuesday for a hearing concerning her bail in a case that has strained Beijing's ties with Canada and the United States.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 22, 2019
U.S. to formally seek extradition of Huawei exec Meng Wanzhou: Globe and Mail
The United States will proceed with the formal extradition from Canada of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, Canada's ambassador to the United States told the Globe and Mail, in a move certain to ratchet up tensions with China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2019
Chinese ambassador to Canada warns against any future Huawei 5G ban
China's envoy to Canada on Thursday warned Ottawa of possible repercussions if it banned technology firm Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. from supplying equipment to Canadian 5G networks, the latest blast in a deepening bilateral dispute.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 11, 2019
Poland arrests two over spying allegations, including Huawei employee
Poland has arrested a Chinese employee of Huawei and a Polish national involved in cyberbusiness on allegations of spying, Polish media reported on Friday, deepening the controversy over Western criticism of the Chinese telecoms equipment maker.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 9, 2019
New documents link Huawei to suspected front companies in Iran and Syria
The U.S. case against the chief financial officer of China's Huawei Technologies, who was arrested in Canada last month, centers on the company's suspected ties to two obscure companies. One is a telecom equipment seller that operated in Tehran; the other is that firm's owner, a holding company registered...
EDITORIALS
Dec 20, 2018
China takes hostages
The detention of two Canadians in China is a gross abuse of authority and makes abundantly clear Beijing's intent to take hostages to extort the government in Ottawa.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 14, 2018
Huawei freezes orders from Japanese supplier after CFO arrest
The surprise arrest of Huawei Technologies Co.'s Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou is about to impact one of the Chinese company's suppliers in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 13, 2018
Trump's intervention comment may have provided legal gift to Huawei's beleaguered CFO
Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, released on bail Tuesday to await a ruling on U.S. extradition at one of her luxury Vancouver homes, may have received welcome ammunition in court from an unlikely source — President Donald Trump.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Dec 10, 2018
Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei survived a famine. Can he weather Trump?
At the sprawling Huawei Technologies Co. campus in Shenzhen, the food court's walls are emblazoned with quotes from the company's billionaire founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei. Then there's the research lab that resembles the White House in Washington. Perhaps the most curious thing, though, are three black...
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 10, 2018
Concerned about health issues, Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou seeks bail in Canada
Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of China's Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., argued that she should be released on bail while awaiting an extradition hearing, citing her long-standing ties to Canada, properties she owns in Vancouver and fears for her health while incarcerated, court documents showed...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 10, 2018
Canada's arrest of top Huawei official stokes fears among American executives of Chinese reprisals
At a closed-door security meeting of U.S. companies in Singapore on Thursday, one topic was high on the agenda: the arrest of a top executive at Chinese tech giant Huawei and the potential backlash on American firms operating in China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 7, 2018
U.S. probe of China's Huawei includes bank fraud accusations linked to Iran sanctions-busting, sources say
Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.'s chief financial officer was arrested as part of a U.S. investigation into an alleged scheme to use the global banking system to evade U.S. sanctions against Iran, according to people familiar with the probe.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 6, 2018
'Shocking' Huawei arrest threatens to upend Trump-Xi trade truce
On the same day Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping struck a truce in the U.S.-Chinese trade war in Argentina, Canadian authorities made an arrest that now threatens to make the conflict much worse.

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