Liza Shashenkova’s Reviews > House of Huawei: The Secret History of China's Most Powerful Company > Status Update

The book can serve a prime example of China’s deep desire to be taken seriously, shaped by a history of feeling overlooked and humiliated by foreign powers.

I was not a fan of the dense jargon surrounding Huawei’s early relationship with the Chinese government (writing style is quite information and data rich). What I found far more interesting was the extraordinary loyalty of its senior employees, many of whom seemed to view the company’s success as a mission that transcended their own personal interests and careers.

I have to say, I understand the suspicion that surrounds unicorn companies from countries like China. However, coming from a former communist country, I wonder whether many aspiring entrepreneurs were simply trying to tread carefully within a political system that was not particularly conducive to building businesses, rather than being covertly controlled by the state?

Since becoming a mum I have had to (rather unfortunately) move to audiobooks such as this one until the little one is ready for daycare. I am currently obsessed with good meaty investigative journalism as I need a break from the parenting genre.