The proposed legislation was introduced shortly before the Wall Street Journal reported that US federal prosecutors were investigating allegations that Huawei stole trade secrets from T-Mobile US and other US businesses. An indictment could be coming soon on allegations that Huawei stole a T-Mobile technology, called Tappy, which mimicks human fingers and was used to test smartphones, the newspaper said. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday said that the proposed legislation was due to “hysteria,” and urged US lawmakers to stop the bills. The bills specifically cite ZTE and Huawei, both of which are viewed with suspicion in the US because of fears that their switches and other gear could be used to spy on Americans. Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei (任正非) this week denied that his company was used by the Chinese government to spy.

Source: Taipei Times January 17, 2019 15:56 UTC