Sudden turbulence Home library Shifting role Drone giant DJI dismisses helps enrich concerns regarding security young people Curling world champion now leads program for 2022 Games SPORTS, PAGE 24 BUSINESS, PAGE 13 CHINCHINA, PAGE 7ADAILY WEDNESDAY, May 22, 2019 www.chinadailyhk.com HK $8 Xi underlines legacy of Long March Washington delays Huawei restrictions Founder confirms preparations for worst­case scenario, calls for global telecom teamwork By MA SI Inside [email protected] • Editorial, page 9 The United States government has • Comment, page 10 delayed a ban on US technology sales to Huawei Technologies Co, a move that analysts said is aimed at reduc­ Huawei also said earlier that it ing impacts on the Chinese tech has developed its own mobile phone giant’s sprawling global customer operating system, which could and supply base. replace Google’s Android operating In response to the move, Huawei’s system in its smartphones in case founder said on Tuesday that the the US software firm restricts its sys­ company has made sound prepara­ tem from use by Huawei devices. tions for a worst­case scenario, but he Huawei is facing a crackdown from also called for global cooperation to the US government, which accuses it move the telecom industry forward. of posing national security risks. But The US Commerce Department it has repeatedly denied that claim. said on its website that it issued a Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu 90­day license to allow Huawei to Kang said on Tuesday that using state purchase US technology in order to power to suppress foreign enterprises maintain existing networks and pro­ will not serve US interests in the end. vide software updates for existing The Chinese government has the Huawei handsets. resolve and capability to defend its Wang Peng, deputy head of the legitimate rights and interests, he said. think tank China Center for Infor­ Ren said the current difficulties President Xi Jinping visits a museum marking the start of the Red Army’s Long March on Monday in Yudu county, Ganzhou, Jiangxi mation Industry Development, said can spur China to develop its own province. XIE HUANCHI / XINHUA the move signifies the US realized semiconductor industry. Pouring in that directly cutting off all supplies money is not enough, and more pro­ to Huawei would hurt the interests fessionals are needed to develop the By AN BAIJIE Red Army and led by the Commu­ Red Army, upholding lofty revolu­ descendant of a Red Army martyr, at of millions of people. sector, he added. [email protected] nist Party of China to combat the tionary ideals, had brought about Tantou village, Zishan township. “Some small US mobile carriers, But Ren also said that it is very diffi­ Kuomintang regime. The expedi­ incredible achievements after Hearing that Sun’s family mem­ for instance, bought Huawei’s cost­ cult to rely solely on China’s inde­ President Xi Jinping encouraged tion, beginning in Yudu, laid the repeatedly surviving desperate situ­ bers had no difficulties in employ­ effective products to build their pendent innovation to succeed and the Chinese people to be prepared foundation for the Party’s victory. ations during the Long March. ment and education, Xi said as long existing rural networks. A sizable global cooperation is desired because for a new Long March toward Xi, also general secretary of the Xi called for staying true to the as the people follow the Party’s lead­ number of overseas consumers also companies in the global electronics national rejuvenation during a visit CPC Central Committee and chair­ revolutionary martyrs, the Party’s ership, China will definitely achieve use handsets from Huawei, the industrial chain are closely tied. to a revolutionary base in Jiangxi man of the Central Military Com­ original aspiration and mission, its great rejuvenation and the people world’s largest telecom equipment According to the Financial Times, province on Monday. mission, laid a floral basket at a revolutionary ideals and principles, will enjoy a better life. maker and second­largest smart­ semiconductor shares are facing “We came here to the starting point monument on Monday marking the and the people living near revolu­ “The Communist Party is dedicated phone vendor,” Wang said. their biggest potential monthly of the Long March to experience the departure of the Long March. tionary sites. Xi’s inspection tour to making the people happy, and the On Tuesday, Ren Zhengfei, CEO drop since 2008, partly attributable situation of the Red Army’s departure At a museum marking the start of took place a week after the Political CPC Central Committee is making all and founder of Huawei, said in an to the US crackdown on Huawei, during those years. Now there is a the Long March, Xi spoke with nine Bureau of the CPC Central Commit­ efforts to bring about better lives for interview with Chinese media in which puts pressure on the sector. new Long March, and we should representatives of descendants of tee decided to launch a campaign on the people,” Xi said while visiting a Shenzhen, Guangdong province, John Neuffer, president of the make a new start,” Xi said at a memo­ Red Army soldiers and relatives of the subject of remaining true to the greenhouse in the township. that Huawei shares overlapping Semiconductor Industry Associa­ rial park in Yudu county, Ganzhou. revolutionary martyrs. Party’s original aspirations and On Monday morning, Xi visited the interests with US companies and tion, which represents US chipmak­ The Long March covered over The People’s Republic of China keeping its mission firmly in mind. JL MAG Rare­Earth Co and learned the US government underestimated ers and designers, said in a statement 12,500 kilometers from October was founded at the cost of the blood On Monday afternoon, Xi also about the company’s production of Huawei’s ability to persevere. that the association hopes to work 1934 to October 1936. It was a mili­ of numerous revolutionary martyrs, visited the home of Sun Guanfa, a rare earths and the development of “We can make chips that are cur­ with the administration to broaden tary maneuver carried out by the Xi said, adding that the CPC and the 71­year­old veteran who is also a the rare earth industry in Ganzhou. rently bought from US firms, but it the scope of the 90­day license. does not mean that we will stop buy­ ing chips from them. Instead, we Zhou Jin and Xu Wei Military schools urged to focus on combat training should grow together,” Ren said. contributed to this story. By ZHAO LEI what the military needs to win modern warfare and its role in the maneuvers and physical endurance [email protected] wars, and they must provide capa­ PLA Ground Force’s transforma­ skills under tough conditions. ble human resources to support the tion process, and make sure that its This has been the president’s President Xi Jinping urged the effort of building a strong military. graduates are capable of fighting fourth inspection tour to a military Chinese military’s education systems Xi made the remarks as he and winning wars. school since he became the mili­ on Tuesday to make combat training inspected the Infantry Academy of The academy will improve its tary’s commander­in­chief in late the center of their teachings. the People’s Liberation Army long­term planning and adhere to its 2012. The previous three schools he Xi, also general secretary of the Ground Force in Nanchang, Jiangxi goals, Xi said, adding it also will con­ visited were Beijing’s PLA National Communist Party of China Central province. tinue with reform and innovation Defense University, the National Committee and chairman of the The president ordered military and build a strong teaching team. University of Defense Technology Central Military Commission, said schools to move forward in the cor­ Before issuing the instructions, in Changsha, Hunan province, and that military schools were estab­ rect political direction, stick to the Xi met officials and professors at the Special Police College of the lished during wars and that their Party’s guidance and follow the Par­ the academy, as well as senior com­ Armed Police Force in Beijing. existence and growth are meant to ty’s thoughts on strengthening the manders of military units stationed The Chinese military has 43 mili­ achieve victory in times of conflict. armed forces. in Jiangxi. He watched a field train­ tary universities, colleges and acad­ Therefore, he said, their teaching He asked the academy to better ing session by cadets at the acade­ emies, according to the Defense Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei gives a group interview in Shenzhen, and training must be focused on understand the characteristics of my who practiced tactical Ministry. Guangdong province, on Tuesday. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY Footwear makers ask MUSICALS LOOK TO SCALE NEW HEIGHTS ◆ US to reconsider tariffs Chinese market ‘has great potential’ By CHEN NAN He said he initially declined to By ZHAO HUANXIN in Washington retailers signed an open letter to INSIDE [email protected] take part in the reality show because [email protected] the president saying the policy he did not want the “unnecessary “would be catastrophic” for con­ President e is not a pop idol, but his attention”. 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