Huawei to pay bonuses to employees who helped it thrive through the U.S. supply chain ban

, Huawei announced today that it is paying out the equivalent of $286 million in bonuses to its research and development teams and employees that helped it get by without its U.S. supply chain. Besides rewarding some of its employees with a bonus, Huawei is also doubling the pay this month of nearly all of its 190,000 workers.

The story is well known by now. The U.S. considers Huawei a national security threat because, under Chinese law, it can be asked to spy on American companies and consumers. As a result, U.S. lawmakers are afraid that the manufacturer's phones ...