Chinese media calls for 'pain' over UK Huawei ban as Trump claims credit

Global Times mouthpiece says Beijing must respond or be seen as easy to bully'

Chinese state media has foreshadowed public and painful" retaliation against the UK over its ban of Huawei from the country's 5G networks, as Donald Trump appeared to take credit for the decision.

Following Britain's announcement that Huawei would be stripped out of the country's phone networks by 2027, the state-run Global Times said in an editorial that China could not remain passive".