CHINA S telecom giant Huawei issued an open letter Friday saying it welcomes investigations from the U.S. Government, if that could dispel misperceptions about the company.
In the announcement posted on its Web site, deputy chairman of Huawei, Ken Hu, said he regretted that the long-standing and untrue rumors and allegations in the United States had stymied Huawei s normal commercial operations in that country.
Shenzhen-based Huawei last week dropped the acquisition of an insolvent American firm, 3Leaf Systems, after national security concerns reportedly prompted the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment to discourage Huawei from completing the agreement.
Huawei has long been badgered by the claim that it is backed by the Chinese Government, an accusation that has exerted ruinous effects on the company s acquisitions of foreign companies.
In 2008 and 2010, similar concerns blocked the Huawei buyout of 3Com and a network business of Motorola, respectively.
We sincerely hope that the U.S. Government will carry out a formal investigation on any concerns it may have about Huawei, Hu said in the letter, adding that the probe would only prove Huawei is a normal commercial institution.
In the letter, Hu argued the allegation of Huawei s ties with the Chinese military had centered on the contortion of the fact that Huawei s chief executive, Ren Zhengfei, once served in the People s Liberation Army.
Ren is just one of many CEOs around the world who have served in the military, said Hu, noting that Huawei is a civil-use telecom solutions provider and has no involvement in any military technologies. (Xinhua)
