When Huawei Shocked America With a Smartphone
In this Bloomberg Originals mini-documentary, we show how the Mate 60 Pro may illustrate shortcomings in the US effort to keep China’s tech in check.
When Huawei Shocked America With a Smartphone reveals how—regardless of the reasons behind it—the US effort to hold back Chinese tech may be falling short.
Photographer: James Park/BloombergAfter meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping this week, US President Joe Biden told reporters “we’re in a competitive relationship, China and the United States.” Nowhere has that competition been clearer than in the realm of high technology.
Washington has long tried to limit Beijing’s capabilities, particularly when it comes to the components that underpin it all: semiconductors. China contends the US is trying to kneecap its economy. The US says it’s trying to restrict tech that its adversary could use to defeat it on the battlefield. In When Huawei Shocked America With a Smartphone, Bloomberg Originals reveals how—regardless of the reasons behind it—the US effort appears to be falling short.