Huawei is a massive Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and consumer electronics company. Some basics facts about the company include:  It employs over 170,000 people, It is currently the largest telecommunication manufacturer in the world, It was started in 1987 by an engineer formerly in the People's Liberation Army (PLA),  It invests heavily in R&D, and  Its name can be translated to mean "China is able." Huawei has been in the news lately because Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer and daughter of the company's founder, was arrested on December 1 in Vancouver as she was switching planes. Canada did this at the request of the United States which is seeking Wanzhou's extradition to face charges of violating economic and financial sanctions on Iran.  But the alleged violation of Iranian sanctions is small potatoes compared to the real risk Huawei poses to national security. This mainly...(Read Full Article)