[mytailorisrich]

Well, Nortel had a former US Navy Admiral as CEO at some point.

Deep links between government and large companies exist in every country whether acknowledged or not.

In Huawei's case, frankly the issue was that it was the first time a company not in the West's control became a major player in a strategic industry. Alleged CCP/PLA links are just part of the narrative built against them but the issue was more general.