'A fair go': Huawei plans town hall meetings to win over public

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Exclusive: Huawei is organising a series of public forums it says is aimed at letting Australians form their own view of the controversial company | zoesam93

China's Huawei will host a series of "town hall meetings" across the country as it seeks to capitalise on the UK's decision to approve the use of the company's telecommunications equipment in its 5G networks and have its Australia ban overturned.Australia and Britain over UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to allow Huawei into its 5G network

, which resulted in the cancellation of a planned trip by the Australian government's intelligence and security committee late last week.Credit:Huawei's chief security officer in the US, Andy Purdy, will fly to Australia for the forums, which are set to take place in mid-March across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra.

The forums, titled "Let's Talk Huawei", will eventually expand to regional areas and will be supplemented with podcasts available on the Huawei Hub website. The telecoms giant will also use its sponsorship of rugby league team Canberra Raiders to publicise the events.warning it would pose a threat to national security. The prohibition on equipment vendors preceded a similar move by the US.

 

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zoesam93 I hope they serve those lobster tails at the meetings. It'll take a lot to convince me to change my mind.

zoesam93 No no no; not happening. The CCP’S mouthpiece can be evicted from Australia right now.

zoesam93 auspol corrupted.

zoesam93 China is very very pushy They want all countries to buy fr them fr UK to Africa to Asia &Oz China just can not separate friends from domination They are buying influence then dominate us like a colonial power

zoesam93 The Govt should STOP them not to do so. Are Google, Facebook and Twitter allowed to hold such town hall meetings in China?

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