a new
diplomatic spat has broken out between china and the usa over the usas
treatment of chinas technology giant huawei the usa has accused huawei of
criminal wrongdoing it has charged the company with a litany of crimes
including bank fraud wire fraud conspiracy to defraud the united states and
theft of trade secrets the director of the fbi explained the charges at a press
conference he told reporters the charges [disclosed] today are the result of
years of investigative work conducted by the fbi and our law enforcement
partners these charges expose huaweis brazen and persistent actions to exploit
american companies and financial institutions and to threaten the free and fair
global marketplace
china is furious over the usas treatment
of huawei it has accused the usa of trying to kill chinese businesses a
spokesman from chinas foreign ministry geng shuang said in a statement on
tuesday for some time now the united states has deployed its state power to
smear and crack down on targeted chinese companies in an attempt to kill their
normal and legal business operations he added we strongly urge the us to stop
its unreasonable crackdown on chinese companies including huawei and treat
chinese companies objectively and fairly he warned that china will firmly safeguard
the legitimate and proper rights of chinese companies"
1) What wrongdoing did the USA accuse Huawei of?
a)
intellectual wrongdoing
b) criminal
wrongdoing
c)
negligent wrongdoing
d) serious
wrongdoing
2) What did
the USA accuse Huawei of doing with trade secrets?
a) using
them
b) selling
them
c) sharing
them
d) stealing
them
3) Who
spoke at a press conference?
a) a spy
b) the
American president
c) the
director of the FBI
d) Huawei's
boss
4) How long
did the FBI investigate Huawei?
a) years
b) decades
c) months
d) eons
5) What did
the FBI say the actions of Huawei threatened?
a) the USA
b) the
global marketplace
c) economic
prosperity
d) world
peace
AnewdiplomaticspathasbrokenoutbetweenChinaandtheUSAovertheUSA'streatmentofChina'stechnologygiantHuawei.TheUSAhasaccusedHuaweiofcriminalwrongdoing.Ithaschargedthecompanywithalitanyofcrimes,includingbankfraud,wirefraud,conspiracytodefraudtheUnitedStates,andtheftoftradesecrets.ThedirectoroftheFBIexplainedthechargesatapressconference.Hetoldreporters:"Thecharges[disclosed]todayaretheresultofyearsofinvestigativeworkconductedbytheFBIandourlawenforcementpartners.[These]chargesexposeHuawei'sbrazenandpersistentactionstoexploitAmericancompaniesandfinancialinstitutionsandtothreatenthefreeandfairglobalmarketplace."ChinaisfuriousovertheUSA'streatmentofHuawei.IthasaccusedtheUSAoftryingto"kill"Chinesebusinesses.AspokesmanfromChina'sForeignMinistry,GengShuang,saidinastatementonTuesday:"Forsometimenow,theUnitedStateshasdeployeditsstatepowertosmearandcrackdownontargetedChinesecompaniesinanattempttokilltheirnormalandlegalbusinessoperations."Headded:"WestronglyurgetheUStostopitsunreasonablecrackdownonChinesecompanies,includingHuawei,andtreatChinesecompaniesobjectivelyandfairly."Hewarnedthat:"ChinawillfirmlysafeguardthelegitimateandproperrightsofChinesecompanies
