WASHINGTON -- The U.S. has magnified the pressure on Huawei Technologies in recent months, leading to the Chinese telecommunications company's exclusion from 5G projects and government procurement in several countries and even the arrest of a top executive.
But while U.S.-China tensions and concerns about Huawei's head start in fifth-generation wireless technology have escalated the feud, Washington's suspicions of the company -- over both intellectual property and security -- go back much further.