China condemns Canada's 'groundless' Huawei 5G ban

On Friday, China criticized Ottawa for blocking Chinese telecoms giants Huawei and ZTE from Canada 's 5G networks, describing the ban as "baseless" and based on spurious security risks [.] Canada 's long-awaited move follows the United States and other key allies, and comes on the heels of a diplomatic spat bet ween Ottawa and Beijing over the detention of a senior Huawei executive on a US arrest warrant, which has now been resolved [.] China is firmly opposed to this," Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters about the 5G bloc, adding that Beijing would "take all necessary measures"…