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China surprised by reports of Huawei-Taliban link

China on Wednesday termed as misleading the reports that Huawei Technologies, its top telecommunications company, was allegedly developing telecom surveillance equipment in India for the ousted Taliban regime and urged the Indian media not to damage the present 'favourable trend' in Sino-Indian bilateral ties.

"We are surprised to see the misleading report regarding Chinese engineers developing electronic surveillance system in India for the Taliban," Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said when asked to comment on Indian media reports in this regard.

"This is not true," Zhang said emphatically when asked to comment on media reports that the Cabinet Committee on Security, headed by Home Minister L K Advani, may take the unprecedented step of deporting 185 Chinese telecom experts who are suspected of developing telecom surveillance equipment for the Taliban at a Bangalore company.

However, Zhang confirmed that the Indian government has told the Chinese government that New Delhi has not decided to deport any Chinese engineers working at Huawei's Bangalore facility.

"The Indian government has informed the Chinese government that it has not decided to deport any Chinese telecom engineer," she said.

"We hope that the media in India may cherish the present favourable trend of Sino-Indian relations, respect the reality, do more to promote mutual understanding and co-operation between the two countries and not work against it," Zhang commented.

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