How Huawei beat America’s anti-China 5G propaganda war in Southeast Asia, years before it even began

• Huawei’s 5G technology is under fire in the West, but there is a region of the world where Washington’s anti-China propaganda war was lost long ago: Southeast Asia
• The key to its victory dates back nearly 20 years, to when arrogant Western telecom giants failed to recognise it as a worthy competitor