Huawei Technologies faces a criminal racketeering case in New York, USA.
华为技术公司在美国纽约面临敲诈勒索刑事诉讼。
Prosecutors accuse it of stealing technology, trying to steal trade secrets, and carrying out wire and bank fraud.
检方指控其窃取技术、图谋窃取商业秘密,并实施电汇和银行欺诈。
Jury selection began on Tuesday afternoon. Opening statements are expected as early as Wednesday.
陪审团遴选于周二下午开始,开庭陈述预计最早周三进行。
The indictment also accused Huawei of doing business in North Korea despite U.S. sanctions. It also said Huawei helped Iran set up surveillance equipment in 2009 to watch protesters.
起诉书还指控华为不顾美国对朝鲜的制裁,在朝鲜开展业务,并帮助伊朗在2009年安装监控设备监视抗议者。
Huawei's lawyers tried to dismiss the case, saying the charges were vague and improperly extended U.S. power abroad.
华为律师试图驳回案件,称指控模糊,且不适当地将美国权力扩展到国外。
The company said in a statement that the prosecution's account was "clearly wrong." It stressed that long-term investment in innovation and respect for intellectual property drove its success.
公司声明称检方的叙述“明显是错误的”,并强调长期投资创新和尊重知识产权是其成功驱动力。
Huawei is the world's largest maker of wireless telecom network equipment. But it cannot sell its devices to U.S. carriers, and allies like Canada and the UK have also banned it.
华为是全球最大无线电信网络设备供应商,但被禁止向美国运营商销售设备,加拿大和英国等盟友也将其列入黑名单。
The company has expanded into chip manufacturing.
公司已扩展到芯片制造领域。
The U.S. raised national security concerns during the Trump administration. It announced criminal charges in early 2019, and later expanded them.
美国在特朗普政府时期提出国家安全担忧,并于2019年初宣布刑事指控,此后扩大范围。
Chinese officials say the U.S. is using national security as an excuse to pressure Chinese companies. They call this 'economic bullying.'
中国官员称美国进行“经济欺凌”,以国家安全为借口打压中国企业。
Prosecutors accused Huawei of selling equipment to Iran through Skycom, a Hong Kong shell company, which violated sanctions. They also charged Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou with misleading HSBC bank.
检方指控华为通过香港空壳公司Skycom向伊朗销售设备,违反制裁,并指控首席财务官孟晚舟误导汇丰银行。
Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada in late 2018. She was released in September 2021 as part of a prisoner exchange, and the United States then dropped its extradition request and fraud charges.
孟晚舟于2018年底在加拿大被捕,2021年9月作为囚犯交换的一部分获释,美国随后撤销引渡请求和欺诈指控。
Huawei struggled to keep its market share under the sanctions. These restrictions pushed the company to increase its own development of chips and other technologies.
华为在制裁下难以保住市场份额,这些限制促使其加大自主研发芯片和其他技术的力度。