UK's Johnson toughens Huawei rhetoric: Talks of 'hostile state vendors'

Huawei, considered a "high risk vendor" by Britain, was granted a limited role in building the country's 5G networks in January, after the government said it could manage the risks.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson toughened his rhetoric on China’s Huawei on Tuesday, cautioning Beijing that he would protect critical infrastructure from “hostile state vendors” as he expressed deep concern over a new security law for Hong Kong.
 

Johnson, who in January allowed Huawei a limited role in Britain’s 5G network, has faced intense pressure from the United States and some British lawmakers to ban the telecommunications equipment maker on security grounds.
 

But the Covid-19 crisis and a row with China over a crackdown in the former British colony of Hong Kong has damaged relations between Beijing and London just