Chinese state media jumped aboard a groundswell of national pride surrounding Huawei Technologies Co.’s latest smartphone, portraying the gadget as a technological marvel that delivered a much-needed victory over US sanctions.
The Beijing-mouthpiece Global Times framed the device — which debuted without warning on online malls just as US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo shuttled between Beijing and Shanghai — as a repudiation of US efforts to contain China, and a triumphant return for Huawei’s self-designed Kirin chips.
Huawei is one of the world’s biggest telecommunications providers and briefly stood alone as the globe’s biggest smartphone maker. It’s been the focus of American trade curbs due to fears about its links to the Chinese government, which has treated it like a national champion. Huawei has in recent years become a rallying cry for Chinese nationalists who protest a growing tide of American sanctions against their country, and a symbol of the country’s global clout. Chinese chip-related and Huawei-supplier stocks surged on the Mate 60 Pro news, though some gave up their gains on Thursday. The timing of Huawei’s handset release was seen by many in China as deliberately chosen to coincide with the visit by Raimondo, whose department is central to implementing US sanctions.
“It tells us how successful the Chinese government has been in rallying the population round its tough policy vis-a-vis the West,” said Yinan He, an associate professor in international relations at Lehigh University.
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