Huawei founder says 'no way the US can crush us'

The founder of Huawei has said that the firm can withstand attempts by foreign governments to shut out the Chinese technology giant. Ren Zhengfei said US was attempting to "crush" his company by encouraging allies not to use Huawei-made equipment. He warned that by turning their back on Huawei they risked falling behind in areas like 5G rollout, which Huawei has helped pioneer in recent years. "There's no way the US can crush us," he told the BBC. "The world cannot leave us because we are more advanced. Even if they persuade more countries not to use us temporarily, we can always scale things down a bit."