House of Huawei

Power plays and whispered secrets converge in the corridors of power at Huawei, China's technological titan. On a crisp December day in 2018, Meng Wanzhou, the enigmatic daughter of Huawei's founder, found herself ensnared in a geopolitical tug-of-war, arrested at the behest of U.S. authorities in Vancouver. "The Listening State" by Eva Dou unravels this gripping tale, offering an unprecedented peek into the shadowy Ren family dynasty that underpins Huawei's ascent. With a trove of unseen documents and over ten years of incisive reporting, Dou exposes how Huawei's sprawling influence stitches together China's surveillance state, weaving a tapestry of ambition and control that stretches from Beijing to Silicon Valley. This riveting account not only questions the intertwined fate of state and enterprise under Xi Jinping but also ponders the broader implications for global privacy and power dynamics.