CHINA’S HUAWEI SOFT POWER PUSH RAISES HARD QUESTIONS
Feb 16, 2019
4 minutes
Image: Kacper Pempel
Canada’s national game — brought to you by China’s Huawei.
As a nasty diplomatic feud deepens between the two countries over the tech company, involving arrests and execution orders, it hasn’t gone unnoticed that Huawei’s bright red fan-shaped logo is plastered prominently on the set of“Hockey Night in Canada.”TV hosts regularly remind the 1.8 million weekly viewers that program segments are “presented by Huawei smartphones.”
The cheery corporate message contrasts with the standoff over the arrest of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou on a U.S. warrant. In what looks like retaliation, China detained two Canadians and plans to
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