Australia's excluding Huawei technology 'discriminatory'

Beijing urged Canberra on Thursday to abandon ideological prejudice and provide a fair competitive environment for Chinese companies to operate in Australia.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang expressed serious concern at a daily news conference after Chinese-owned telecommunications giant Huawei was blocked from providing technology for Australia's 5G network due to security concerns, according to the Associated Press.

Australia should not "use various excuses to artificially set barriers and adopt discriminatory practices", Lu said.