Huawei's reputation in China, once unimpeachable, has been dented by a labor dispute over severance pay with an employee, who was recently freed from jail
When an executive wrote about her house arrest in Canada, an outcry about a former employee's treatment arose on social media. Tweets: @nytimes , @liyuan6 , @liyuan6 , and @maryhui Tweets: @nytimes : An open letter from a chief executive at Huawei, discussing her house arrest in Canada, sparked a backlash on Chinese social media that exposed the company's worsening image in its home country, writes @liyuan6 https://www.nytimes.com/... Li Yuan / @liyuan6 : Huawei has enjoyed tremendous good will within China after it became a U.S. target in the tech cold war. That has changed in the past few days. Check out why people commented with 985, 996, 404 & 251 and why middle class professionals are angry at Huawei https://www.nytimes.com/... Li Yuan / @liyuan6 : “Many middle-class Chinese used to believe that if they went to good schools,worked hard & cared little about the current affairs they would be able to realize their Chinese dreams,"a blogger wrote on Weibo. “Now their dreams are in tatters."Latest from me https://www.nytimes.com/... Mary Hui / @maryhui : Interesting that Chinese netizens are using the numbers 985, 996, 251, & 404 to protest against Huawei, while Hong Kongers use 612, 721, 831, & 101 to protest against the government & police. https://twitter.com/...