Huawei urges workers to ‘surge forward, killing as you go, to blaze us a trail of blood’

Tech-giant Huawei’s founder told his staff to ‘surge forward, killing as you go, to blaze us a trail of blood’ in the battle for global supremacy. 

Former-Chinese army engineer Ren Zhengfei addressed employees at Huawei’s research and development centre in Hangzhou, eastern China, in 2018.

In February this year, Ren told staff that Huawei had ‘entered a state of war’ after the second-largest smartphone maker in the world found itself at the centre of a technology battle between China and the US. 

Huawei earlier described the British government’s decision to allow the controversial company to develop its 5G mobile phone network as ‘just like the success of the Battle of Stalingrad, which was a turning point that reshaped the global landscape’, The Sunday Times reports. 

But US President Trump has urged allies to ditch Huawei technology as it could allow the Communist Chinese government to hack vital telecommunication systems.

The company has said it is independent from the government and would not spy on unsuspecting users. 

Ren’s military-like speech in 2018 came shortly after his daughter Meng Wanzhou, the company’s chief financial officer, was arrested following accusations that Huawei used a Hong Kong shell company to sell equipment to Iran in violation of US sanctions.

Last month, a Canadian judge ruled that the US extradition case against her can continue to the next stage, a decision expected to further harm relations between China and Canada.

As more and more countries allow Huawei to expand their superfast 5G networks, the company is set be decentralised with decision-making capabilities given to its 170 regional heads.

Ren said of the plan: ‘People assigned to the Pentagon may not necessarily have a bright future, while people working in the field may get promoted faster.’

The UK’s board has former BP chief executive Lord Browne as chair.

The conflict between China and the UK escalated again last night after it was revealed that Britain is to form a deeper relationship with our ‘Five-Eyes’ intelligence partners.

The move, unveiled by Boris Johnson, will see heavy investment in areas China dominates – such as technology and research.

The change is designed to end reliance on Beijing.

US officials visiting the UK in January raised the idea of a Western-backed conglomerate as an alternative to Britain using Chinese tech giant Huawei, but this was ruled out because it would take too long to set up.