Huawei: is there a tech cold war?
The arrest of a Chinese technology boss is the first shot in a battle for the internet.
An episode of the Beyond Today podcast, hosted by BBC Radio 4, titled "Huawei: is there a tech cold war?" was published on March 5, 2019 and runs 22 minutes.
March 5, 2019 ·22m · Beyond Today
Summary
In the Canadian city of Vancouver a woman named Meng Wanzhou is under house arrest in her $4.2bn mansion. Chief financial officer of the Chinese tech firm Huawei, and the founder’s daughter, she’s accused by the US of bank fraud and violating sanctions against Iran. But as the BBC’s Silicon Valley Reporter Dave Lee tells Beyond Today, her arrest is about more than this: we might look back on it as the opening salvo in the tech cold war. Reporter: Harriet Noble Mixed by Nicolas Raufast Editor: John Shields
Episode Description
In the Canadian city of Vancouver a woman named Meng Wanzhou is under house arrest in her $4.2bn mansion. Chief financial officer of the Chinese tech firm Huawei, and the founder’s daughter, she’s accused by the US of bank fraud and violating sanctions against Iran. But as the BBC’s Silicon Valley Reporter Dave Lee tells Beyond Today, her arrest is about more than this: we might look back on it as the opening salvo in the tech cold war.
Reporter: Harriet Noble Mixed by Nicolas Raufast Editor: John Shields
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