SHENZHEN -- China's Huawei Technologies will defend itself by producing its own high-tech components should the U.S. cut off the world's biggest telecom equipment maker from access to American technology, founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei said on Jan. 18 in a rare interview with Japanese media.
If Washington escalates its crackdown against the company in such a way, "we will produce alternative products on our own. That is not in the U.S.' interest," Ren told reporters at the company's offices in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen.
