Squeezed by US-led opposition, Huawei was still able to ship 200M phones in 2018

If there was any lingering doubt about the fact that Huawei doesn't need support from the West to realize its ambition of being a leader in the global smartphone race, the position the company finds itself in as 2018 draws to a close should banish those last vestiges of uncertainty. Not only has the company's critically well-regarded handsets suffered bans around the world led in part by concern from US security officials, but Huawei's CFO was also arrested in China in recent weeks ahead of an e...