HAMBURG, Germany -- Berlin finds itself caught between Beijing and Washington as it considers whether to exclude China's Huawei Technologies from building badly needed fifth-generation, or 5G, telecommunications networks in Germany.
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A move by Germany to ban Huawei would tempt Beijing to retaliate against German companies in China. (Nikkei montage/Reuters)
HAMBURG, Germany -- Berlin finds itself caught between Beijing and Washington as it considers whether to exclude China's Huawei Technologies from building badly needed fifth-generation, or 5G, telecommunications networks in Germany.