The Trump administration has escalated its attack on China, restricting employees of Huawei from entering the US and accusing the telecommunications giant of facilitating human rights violations.
, Washington said it would impose visa curbs on certain employees of Chinese companies that "provide material support to regimes engaging in human rights abuses globally".The New York Times
"Telecommunications companies around the world should consider themselves on notice: If they are doing business with Huawei, they are doing business with human rights abusers."Huawei denies it spies for China and, when asked about Pompeo's remarks, a company spokeswoman said: "We are looking into this and will share the statement once we have one."
US secretary of state Mike Pompeo said companies doing business with Huawei were"doing business with human rights abusers".Last week, the Trump administration also sanctioned a leading member of the Chinese Communist Party , along with three other officials over the alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang, where more than one million Muslim Uighurs are being detained in so-called re-education camps.
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