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China Indirectly Blasts Trump's Would-Be Huawei/ZTE Ban Under Security ‘Pretext’

China won’t “officially comment” on reports that President Donald Trump will sign an executive order in January barring U.S. companies from using Huawei and ZTE telecom equipment on national security grounds because the reports have “not been confirmed,” said a…

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Foreign Ministry spokesperson Thursday. “Despite not having any evidence, certain countries have politicized the normal exchanges and cooperation in science and technology and even obstructed and restricted the normal operations of Chinese businesses on unwarranted charges and under the pretext of national security,” she said. “This actually amounts to shutting their own door to openness, progress and fairness.”