A smartphone brand with deep historical ties to Huawei is set to re-enter the Australian market, with Harvey Norman preparing to launch a range of Chinese-made Honor devices next month. The move raises fresh questions about state-backed involvement, supply-chain transparency, and potential security concerns.

Honor, originally established in 2013 as a sub-brand of Huawei, was spun off in 2020 after Huawei was effectively forced out of several Western markets, including Australia, amid national-security concerns. The Honor business was sold to a consortium led by Shenzhen Zhixin New Information Technology — a group comprising more than 30 companies connected to the Shenzhen Smart City Technology Development Group, which is controlled by the municipal government of Shenzhen under the Chinese

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