"If infrastructure like telecommunications, harbors or even the nuclear industry are controlled or are owned by Chinese companies then it will impose serious danger to the country."
Huawei has denied allegations by the United States that it is a Trojan Horse for Chinese cyberspies and Beijing has criticized countries such as Britain and Australia, which have said they will shun the Chinese technology giant.
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Di Maio and Wang were due to give a news conference at the end of their talks. Law called on Italy not to ignore what had happened in Hong Kong.
"My arrival and the message I'm bringing here is very clear: We need to address the human rights violations to China even if we're engaged with them and we have to be very aware of the infiltration and their authoritarian expansionist nature."
(Writer: Crispian Balmer | Editor: William Maclean)
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