Our way or the Huawei: will China retaliate over 5G tech ban?

Chinese state media warns of ‘painful’ response to UK’s ‘ill-founded’ decision

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Chinese state media warns of ‘painful’ response to UK’s ‘ill-founded’ decision  
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The UK can expect “public and painful” retaliation for banning Huawei from the country’s 5G networks, Chinese state media is warning.

The Chinese Communist Party-backed Global Times said that Beijing could not “passively watch” as Boris Johnson vetoes the use of equipment supplied by the tech company in the UK infrastructure - a decision that state-run press agency Xinhua condemned as “ill-founded”.

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Arion McNicoll is a freelance writer at The Week Digital and was previously the UK website’s editor. He has also held senior editorial roles at CNN, The Times and The Sunday Times. Along with his writing work, he co-hosts “Today in History with The Retrospectors”, Rethink Audio’s flagship daily podcast, and is a regular panellist (and occasional stand-in host) on “The Week Unwrapped”. He is also a judge for The Publisher Podcast Awards.