The U.S. government’s crackdown on Huawei has finally affected Taiwan. Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom plans to stop purchasing Huawei mobile phones, but some netizens on the island still express their love for Huawei products under relevant reports.

Is Taiwan going to follow the United States in firing?

The US government’s suppression of Huawei has finally affected Taiwan. On the 22nd, news spread on the island that telecom operators planned to follow the United States and "shoot". Many Taiwanese media reported that Taiwan Chunghwa Telecom planned to stop purchasing Huawei mobile phones , but there are still netizens on the island. Express your love for Huawei products under relevant reports.

Taiwan's "Dongsen News Network", "Sanli News Network", "Liberty Times" and other media reported on May 22 that as one of Taiwan's three major telecom operators, Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom plans to no longer purchase Huawei mobile phones.

Among them, "Dongsen News Network" reported that Chunghwa Telecom Chairman Xie Jimao said that Chunghwa Telecom will no longer purchase Huawei mobile phones, and will no longer provide Huawei phones to consumers after the old models currently on the shelves are sold out. cell phone. We will wait until "everything calms down" before considering purchasing or selling Huawei mobile phones.

On the evening of the 22nd, the reporter called the Beijing representative office of Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom. Staff members said they had not heard of any plans by Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom to no longer purchase Huawei mobile phones, nor had they received any notice about adjusting its mainland business.

Regarding the fact that operators such as Chunghwa Telecom followed the US’s “cheap move” and planned to stop purchasing Huawei mobile phones, many media outlets on the island used one word to describe it: Taiwan’s telecommunications industry is the “first shot”.

However, consumers on the island cannot agree with Taiwan's telecom dealers' "shooting" at Huawei. Under the relevant report of "Dongsen News Network", netizens bluntly said: Huawei's tablets and smartphones are great value for money, high quality and low price! A lot of friends around my little sister love to use it.

When Huawei’s new mobile phone model P30 series went on sale in Taiwan on April 20, Huawei users in Taiwan had already demonstrated their enthusiasm for Huawei. ↓

Taiwanese mobile phone review website "I Want to Learn" reported at the time that Taiwanese consumers lined up to buy new phones when they were released. More than 3,500 people queued up for pre-orders in three places across Taiwan, setting a record for the largest number of people queuing up for a mobile phone pre-order event in Taiwan.

Taiwanese media: It is too early to talk about delisting

Taiwanese media " China Times Electronic News " issued an article on the 22nd saying that Chunghwa Telecom has announced that it will stop selling in the future or will immediately remove Huawei products from the shelves. In fact, for those who still have inventory For other telecom operators, it will undoubtedly have an impact. "Telecom operators are now saying in advance that they will not sell Huawei products in the future, which is equivalent to announcing that this is a product that cannot be promised to consumers, accelerating consumer panic."

Regarding whether Huawei will do so in the future Regarding its withdrawal from the Taiwan market, Zhang Li'an, editor-in-chief of Taiwan Telecom Media "Mobile King", believes that Huawei has invested a lot of resources in Taiwan in recent years, plans to open flagship stores, and has made large-scale investments. "It is by no means that it is easy to withdraw." The

report concluded that Huawei currently has many branches and flagship stores in Taiwan. Even if Taiwanese telecom operators do not sell it in the future, Huawei can still sell it in self-operated stores or online. Zhang Li'an said, "Whether Huawei will withdraw from the Taiwan market probably depends on two points. The first is whether the grandstand authorities will declare a ban on the sale of Huawei mobile phones, and the second is Huawei's own choice."

Huawei P30pro is currently priced in Taiwan ( Source: Mobile Phone King)

Taiwan authorities: Will not restrict private use of Huawei products

On May 17, the United States officially "cut off Huawei's supply chain." Three Huawei-affiliated companies in Taiwan, known as the "Three Kings of Electronics", heard the news of "hemorrhaging", and their market value evaporated by more than NT$200 billion (approximately 44.137 billion yuan) in a single day.

According to Taiwan's "Business Times", the Taiwan authorities, who were exposed at the beginning of the year as "following the United States' move to contain Huawei," issued the "Principles for Restricting the Use of Information Security Products by Various Agencies" on April 19, and decided to do so within three months at the earliest. Draw up the so-called "product ban list".

On the same day (April 19), an "Executive Yuan" official revealed that mainland brands such as Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo, and Hikvision "do not rule out the possibility of being included in the list in the future." Taiwan media "China Times" wondered whether the United States would ask the Taiwan authorities to "cooperate" now that it is dealing heavy blows to Huawei.

In response, Kolas Yotaka, spokesperson of the Taiwanese government's "Executive Yuan", said: "The United States has not and will not signal us to impose a ban on Huawei." She emphasized that even if the "Executive Yuan" After the assessment, in July, Huawei products were included in the prohibited purchase list of "those with information security concerns", and private companies will not be restricted from using Huawei products.

source: Comprehensive Global Network, Observer Network