Mr Pompeo alleged that Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei “isn’t telling the American people the truth.”
On the other hand Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on May 22 that “The US use of state power to arbitrarily exert pressure on a private Chinese company like Huawei is typical economic bullying,” and a spokesman for the commerce ministry of China said that the country has the “confidence and ability to protect the lawful rights and interests of Chinese companies.” /TISG
1. Shouldn't it be Huawei's CEO?
2. Would it be better to remove "that" and place a comma next to "22"? Hence, On the other hand, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on May 22, “The US use of state power..."
Thanks.
The given text is completely correct as is. " (although technically grammatical) goes against this characteristic jargon.
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The given text is completely correct as is. There's a certain jargon used in new reports, and saying "Huawei's CEO" and "...on May 22, 'The US use of state power..." (although technically grammatical) goes against this characteristic jargon.
It is nothing more than an attributive use of a proper noun, no different from "Army brat" or "White House press secretary".