China 'seriously concerned' about report U.S. has halted approvals of exports to Huawei

A Huawei logo is seen at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Shanghai
A Huawei logo is seen at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Shanghai, China February 23, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo

BEIJING, Jan 31 (Reuters) - China is seriously concerned about a report that the United States has stopped approving licences for U.S. companies to export items to tech giant Huawei, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday.

"We are closely following relevant developments," Mao Ning told a regular news briefing in response to a query on the export curbs. read more

(This story has been refiled to fix the typographical error in the lede)

Reporting by Yew Lun Tian; Writing by Bernard Orr; Editing by Clarence Fernandez

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