Tuesday, 25 August 2020

Hong Kong activist warns West to shun Chinese technology ties

ROME (Reuters) - Chinese businesses like Huawei Technologies Co pose a threat to the West, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Nathan Law said on a visit to Italy on Tuesday, shortly before the Italian foreign minister was due to meet China's top diplomat.
Law, a former legislator, left Hong Kong last month after China imposed a new national security law on the territory that has been heavily criticised by the West.
Law spoke to reporters in Rome shortly before Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio was due to meet Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi, with the pair expected to discuss the roll out of new generation 5G technology in Italy.
Italy has not joined the United States in imposing restrictions on Huawei but the company was excluded from a recent Telecom Italia <TLIT.MI> tender to supply technology for a 5G network in Italy and Brazil.
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