Former Google CEO Says Huawei Routed Data to Beijing

According to Eric Schmidt, the former chief executive of Google. there is “no question” that Chinese multinational technology company Huawei routed data to Beijing.
In a documentary to be aired on BBC, Schmidt said, “There’s no question that Huawei has engaged in some practices that are not acceptable in national security.”
Huawei has been accused in the past of posing risks to national security but has repeatedly denied accusations that it passes data to Beijing and insists it’s independent from government.
Schmidt believes Huawei is a national security risk and has engaged in unacceptable acts.
“There’s no question that information from Huawei routers has ultimately ended up in hands that would appear to be the state,” said Schmidt on the documentary. “However that happened, we’re sure it happened.”
The firm hit back at Schmidt for his comments. “The allegations made by Eric Schmidt, who now works for the US government, are simply not true and as with similar assertions in the past, are not backed by evidence,” Huawei Vice President Victor Zhang told CNBC.
Schmidt, who is now chair of the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Board, has said in the interview with BBC that he previously held “prejudices” about China, such as the belief that tech firms in the country are “very good at copying things.” He added that these prejudices now “need to be thrown out.”
“The Chinese are just as good, and maybe better, in key areas of research and innovation as the West,” Schmidt said.