
TOKYO -- Huawei Technologies CEO Ren Zhengfei held up a ragged picture during a press conference with Japanese media at the company's Shenzhen headquarters on May 18. The photo was of a badly battered Soviet Ilyushin aircraft from World War II.
"Even if we are beat up, we will make it out [of this fight with the U.S.] alive," he said while holding up the image.