Huawei rejects accusations of 'paranoia' during press tour

PR staffer's request for journalists to censor reporting do not reflect position of Huawei, the Chinese electronics company says

Huawei has rejected accusations of "paranoia and secrecy" after a PR staffer told a group of journalists on a government-organised tour in Shanghai that they could not mention the Chinese electronics company in their reporting from the day.

The group, which included the Australian Financial Review's Angus Grigg, had been invited to Huawei's Shanghai development campus as part of a tour of Chinese science and technology firms arranged by the government for foreign and local journalists.