Huawei's cryptic gift is more than a souvenir

Chinese group's choice of reading for visitors shows defiance toward US

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Employees walk at Huawei headquarters in Shenzhen, China. © Reuters

JAMES KYNGE

Visitors to Huawei's headquarters these days may receive a particular gift. But it is not a smartphone or any of the other products that have helped make the Chinese company the biggest telecommunications equipment manufacturer in the world. Instead, it is a book written by a Frenchman who spent time in a U.S. jail.

Visitors are given the book, "The American Trap" by Frederic Pierucci, because it is said to be favored by Ren Zhengfei, the founder of Huawei and father of Meng Wanzhou, the Huawei executive who is currently being held in Canada awaiting extradition to the U.S.

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