BEIJING: Britain’s move to ban Huawei may further sour strained China-UK political ties, largely reduce personnel exchanges, and most likely prompt Beijing to take reciprocal measures against London’s discriminatory policy, Chinese observers said.

The UK’s mobile providers are being banned from buying new Huawei 5G equipment after December 31, and they must also remove all of the Chinese firm’s 5G kits from their networks by 2027, the UK said on Tuesday, according to a BBC report.