Trump should switch to Huawei, or cut off: China

BEIJING: China’s foreign ministry has some suggestions for the Trump administration if they are worried about foreign eavesdropping on the US president’s iphone: use a Huawei handset instead, or just sever ties with the outside world completely.

“Reading this report, I feel that today in the United States there really are some people who are doing their utmost to win best script at the Oscars,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told the press on Thursday.

Such reports were “evidence that the New York Times makes fake news”, she said, adding two suggestions that were apparently aimed at the Trump administration. “If they are really very worried about Apple phones being bugged, then they can change to using Huawei.”