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Ai Weiwei: UKā€™s Huawei decision ā€˜short-sightedā€™

The decision to allow Huawei to provide a limited amount of technology for the UKā€™s 5G network is ā€œshort-sightedā€, the Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has said.

The company is a ā€œstate run, a military type of a company which can have a potential danger to Western security, UK security,ā€ he told Ö÷²„“óŠć Hardtalkā€™s Stephen Sackur.

Huawei has always denied it would assist the Chinese government in helping it spy on one of their clients.

The firmā€™s founder has said he would rather ā€œshut the company downā€ rather than take part in such activities.

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