China Netizens Support Huawei After Google’s Ban

Recently, I had a conversation with my mother regarding Huawei.

Since my parents work with the Government, their work is undoubtedly confidential. The use of camera phones aren’t allowed at work and phones are prohibited at meetings for safety purposes. This is because phones are capable of recording voice messages.

In addition, they can’t play games like Pokemon Go because their location can be tracked. Till this day, I honestly have no idea what my parents do at work – that’s how classified information is.

Now, if you still don’t know about the Huawei saga, here’s what happened.

A Security Risk

According to Straits Times, Huawei Technologies allegedly receives funding from Chinese state security. This poses a threat to Governmental Agencies since sensitive information is at stake.

Following the US ban on Huawei, Google has blocked Huawei’s access to Android updates.

This left global Huawei users panicking and came to a shock to those who just got their hands on a new Huawei phone.

Thankfully, “Existing Huawei devices who have access to the Google Play Store will still be able to download app updates provided by Google.” Though the opposite is true for future Huawei products.

Is This The End of Huawei?

This doesn’t necessarily mean Huawei is going down, in China at least. The Chinese brand has reportedly been working on its in-house ‘Hong Meng’ Operating System since 2012. Yet another China-made item for Higher Brothers to sing about.

But how are people in China reacting?

Huawei fans in China unfazed by recent happenings in the US

According to What’s on Weibo, many Chinese citizens expressed their support for the local brand, saying things like “I’m preparing to switch to a Huawei phone, I hope they can stand firm” and “I’ve always used Huawei, and will never change.”

Chinese supporters have high hopes for Huawei’s new Operating System and are confident that they will overcome this obstacle.

As reported by What’s on Weibo, the following hashtags: #华为芯片可以不依赖美国供应链 and #华为自研操作系统鸿蒙 which translates to “Huawei Doesn’t Need to Rely on America for its Microchips” and “Huawei’s Self-Developed Operating System Hong Meng” has been trending on Weibo since yesterday, 20 May.

In addition to hashtags, clips of Huawei CEO, Ren Zhengfei talking about the brand have been uploaded and shared countless times.

As for Singaporeans? Well, guess you can scrape your plan to peep with the latest Huawei’s P33, or be prepared to use a Chinese OS.

In the meantime, you can read more about the entire saga here.