Huawei has landed

Ada Xu Director Huawei PR
Ada Xu Director Huawei PR

If China is a rising fiery dragon heading for world superpowerdom, her crown must be the Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. Even the name Huawei apparently literally means “China’s achievement”. Staff Writer THALEFANG CHARLES spent a week at the Huawei headquarters in Shenzhen, China to learn about the rising of China’s first global brand.

Hardly a year ago many people did not know anything about Huawei, let alone pronounce the name Huawei. Today while many still battle with the pronunciation, most people use or know someone who is using a Huawei product. Huawei says that is just the beginning as this Chinese brand is determined for global domination, just like the country itself.

Chinese products have a notorious reputation to be substandard quality that cannot be trusted. Many fake and cheap products have been dumped in Africa that “buying from the Chinese” means buying a fake or substandard product colloquially called “Fong Kong” since the 1999 hit song by South Africa’s Kwaito star, Senyaka.

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