Washington Post reporter delves into the Chinese tech giant’s many controversies but she sometimes has to pull her punches
Huawei has bounced back strongly from the West’s sanctions after spying allegations. Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty
Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf? According to Eva Dou’s rigorous, clear-eyed and often disturbing profile of the Chinese tech giant Huawei, perhaps we all should be. Ren Zhengfei, the publicity-shy entrepreneur who founded Huawei in 1987 and remains its chief executive, has often encouraged his staff to model themselves on these bloodthirsty animals.
“Wolves are really powerful,” runs a typical line from one of his motivational speeches. “They have a keen sense of smell, they are very aggressive and they don’t attack alone but in packs… when wolves want to eat sheep, they will always find a way to be in the right.”
