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Huawei Founder Denies His Firm Spies For China

In rare remarks to foreign media, Ren Zhengfei says his telecommunications equipment company is independently owned and would not give China user data. Experts disagree.

The founder and CEO of Huawei denies his company spies for China. In a rare public appearance at the tech company's campus in Shenzhen, Ren Zhengfei told reporters he would refuse to share user data with the government if asked, and he said he misses his daughter, who is in Canada facing possible extradition to the U.S.

"No law requires any company in China to install mandatory backdoors," Ren said Tuesday, according to "I personally would never harm the interest of my customers and

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