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In 1987, a small company named Huawei was started in Shenzhen. After more than 30 years of development, now, the company {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (beat) Apple and become the world's second largest maker of smartphones. It has also become the world's supplier (供应者) of 5G. In China and even in the world, Huawei is a wonder. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} it started producing mobile phones not many years ago, it has become one of the most famous phone companies.
But recently, Huawei faces some {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (difficulty). The US government made a law to stop its sales in America. American officials said Huawei gave information that it collected to the Chinese government. At the same time, the US government planned to stop {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (sell) parts and services to Huawei. They believed that Huawei's business would {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (hurt) this way.
"We have never received such a request from the Chinese government and we have never tried to get into other systems to collect information," Ren Zhengfei, Huawei's president said. "The law would have little effect on our company. Huawei has enough ability to deal with the problems," Ren added.
In an interview several years ago, Ren Zhengfei said, "I started Huawei with only £4000 at the {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (begin), but now it has become a 100 billion company. The experience was not as romantic as you imagine."
Facing the law of the US, Huawei {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (grow). Huawei's smartphone sales around the world rose 50 percent compared with a year {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (early) in the first three months of 2023. At the same time, sales from both Samsung and Apple fell. So far, Huawei has grown into the world's largest telecommunication equipment supplier (供应商), selling in 170 countries. It may beat Samsung as the largest smartphone maker in the near future.
