Against the backdrop of an ongoing trade war and after numerous sanctions against major Chinese company Huawei, the US Department of Commerce has finally announced that it will allow American companies to cooperate with Huawei. Why, after such a long anti-Chinese campaign, did the US suddenly decide to cooperate with Huawei? And in the meantime, what is actually happening to ...

BY BEYHAN YILDIRIM / BERLIN Chinese tech companies like Huawei, the inventor of 5G technology which has distinguished itself by outcompeting Western companies, have helped the government to take advantage of smartphones, user databases and GPS systems in the fight against the coronavirus. Now, Germany is looking at the technology that China used in its fight against the virus to ...