bodyType

customContents

entityId

entityUuid

articlePageQuery

filter

article

articleBaseAdvertisingInfoArticle

articleListArticle

articleSeoArticle

hooksArticleAcknowledgementGateOverlayArticle

hooksTrackPageViewArticle

hooksContentInterestArticle

articleLinkingDataContent

hooksAmpRedirectArticle

articleSchemaContent

liveArticle

advertZone

sentiment

contentLock

topics

types

sections

paywallTypes

createdDate

publishedDate

urlAlias

moreOnThisArticles

sponsorType

commentCount

authorLocations

authors

corrections

displaySlideShow

multimediaEmbed

printHeadline

seriesContainer

articleSpeeches

socialHeadline

headline

images

flag

firstTopic

glossary

flattenTypeIds

image

relatedLinks

relatedNewsletters

__typename

sponsor

pdfFiles

seriesReverseOrder

series

disableOffPlatformContent

published

updatedDate

summary

subHeadline

body

keywords

readingTime

customTimezone

liveContents

Agence France-Presse

Denmark has ordered the expulsion of two employees of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies because their residence and work permits were not in order, Copenhagen police said Monday.
“On Thursday, the Copenhagen police carried out a routine check of the residence and work permits,” at Huawei’s offices, a Copenhagen police source said.
“In two cases, the people did not have the proper paperwork.”
The pair, who were not identified, were ordered to leave the country, the source said.
Police said the expulsion of the two Huawei employees was in no way linked to espionage concerns.


But the move came on the same day that neighbouring Norway’s intelligence service issued a warning about Huawei, whose ties to Beijing have sparked security concerns.
“One has to be attentive about Huawei as an actor and about the close connections between a commercial actor like Huawei and the Chinese regime,” the head of Norway’s domestic intelligence unit PST, Benedicte Bjornland, said as she presented a national risk assessment report for 2019.
FBI ‘ran sting against Huawei in new technology theft case’
“An actor like Huawei could be subject to influence from its home country as long as China has an intelligence law that requires private individuals, entities and companies to cooperate with China,” she said.
The Chinese embassy in Oslo swiftly responded by saying “China poses no threat to Norway’s security”.
“It’s very ridiculous for the intelligence service of a country to make security assessment and attack China with pure hypothetical language,” the embassy said in a statement on its website.
An option for China as it tries to help Huawei escape its mounting legal woes
The embassy also said China was not forcing any companies to build “mandatory back doors” in their software.
In Norway, the main telecoms operators Telenor and Telia – which chose Huawei to supply their 4G networks – are gearing up for the roll-out of 5G.
Several countries including the United States have banned Huawei 5G telecoms equipment for security reasons, on concerns its technology could be a Trojan horse for Beijing’s intrusive security apparatus, as Chinese law requires all firms to cooperate with the intelligence services. Norway is considering ways of limiting its exposure.

“As far as we’re concerned, it’s about setting up a regulatory framework to protect what could be considered critical infrastructure,” Noregian Justice Minister Tor Mikkel Wara said at the same news conference.
“What this regulatory framework would look like, and what it would cover, is what we’re working on right now,” he said.
Backchannels to Beijing close as detentions raise fears among old China hands
Norway is treading cautiously on the issue, after China’s angry reaction to the award of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, which trigger lengthy diplomatic and trade repercussions from Beijing’s side.
Huawei, founded by former People’s Liberation Army engineer Ren Zhengfei, has become a leading supplier of the backbone equipment for mobile networks, particularly in developing markets, thanks to its cheaper prices.
Spearheading cutting-edge 5G equipment has also seen it make inroads into developed markets.
Huawei strenuously denies that its equipment could be used for espionage.
Additional reporting by Reuters


Luxury EV built with Huawei outsells Porsche’s Panamera and BMW’s 7 Series in China

Huawei cuts Pura X prices as Samsung and Apple foldables loom

Huawei’s HarmonyOS crosses ‘survival line’ as user base hits 27 million

China’s Sugon unveils new AI infrastructure to rival platforms from Nvidia and Huawei

Huawei Technologies

Denmark expels two Huawei workers over work permits, as Norway warns of espionage risk

FILE PHOTO: A woman uses her phone as she walks past a Huawei shop in Beijing, China, December 19, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo

A man walks by a Huawei logo at a shopping mall in Shanghai in this file photo. Photo: Reuters

Inside China Tech: Analysing the Huawei case with Christopher Balding

A man walks past a Huawei shop in Beijing, China. Photo: Reuters

We need to talk about Huawei: Europe debates ban on Chinese tech giant over fears of back doors in 5G networks

The EU is assessing proposals that would amount to a de facto ban on Huawei for next-generation mobile networks. Photo: Reuters

Ryan Ding, chief of Huawei's carrier business group, holds a Tiangang 5G base station chipset, speaks during a product presentation in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019. Chinese tech giant Huawei announced plans to release a next-generation smartphone based on its own technology instead of U.S. components, stepping up efforts to compete with global industry leaders. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

How the US indictments may play out for Huawei

Huawei Technologies Co. founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei speaks at a press conference in Shenzhen, China, on Jan. 18, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her home to attend a court appearance regarding her bail conditions, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. A Vancouver court heard that the United States has issued a formal extradition request for Meng, who was arrested Dec. 1, 2018 at Vancouver's airport at the request of U-S authorities. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

Chart of Huawei's key suppliers

Huawei Technologies faces nearly two dozen charges by the US, which contends that the company stole trade secrets, violated economic sanctions and concealed its Iran business dealings via an unofficial subsidiary. Photo: Reuters

Better understanding of China would ease fears about Huawei

Being a leader in the next generation of communications, 5G, and the second-largest producer of smartphones puts Huawei in American cross hairs. Photo: AFP

Why China feels it has little to gain from linking Huawei case to latest US trade war talks

China has criticised the US justice system’s targeting of tech giant Huawei. Photo: Simon Song

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2018, file photo, Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou arrives at a parole office with a security guard in Vancouver, British Columbia. China on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, demanded the U.S. drop a request that Canada extradite the top executive of the tech giant Huawei, shifting blame to Washington in a case that has severely damaged Beijing’s relations with Ottawa. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

News

China

Diplomacy

World

Europe

Copenhagen police said the expulsions were not related to spying and came about as a result of a ‘routine check’ at Huawei’s offices
But neighbouring Norway’s intelligence service said it was attentive to ‘the close connections’ between Huawei and the Chinese government


Copenhagen police said the expulsions were not related to spying and came about as a result of a ‘routine check’ at Huawei’s offices. But neighbouring Norway’s intelligence service said it was attentive to ‘the close connections’ between Huawei and the Chinese government.


Nordic nations

Meng Wanzhou

Espionage