On Friday, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said that Brazil cannot be hindered from maintaining and improving bilateral relations with China. 

"Yesterday we visited Huawei. It is a demonstration that we want to tell the world that we have no prejudices in relations with our Chinese counterparts. No one will prohibit Brazil to improve relations with China," Lula said at a meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping.

Earlier in the day, Lula said during a press briefing that Brazil is committed to developing relations with China in multiple sectors, including in science, technology, student exchange, culture, climate change, clean energy, and electric vehicles. 

The Chinese government suprised Lula during his official welcoming ceremony with a rendition of Ivan Lins' 1980 song of resistence against the US-backed, authoritarian Brazilian military dictatorship: Um Novo Tempo (A New Era) + pic.twitter.com/yGsqSl15U6

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Two months ago, Lula met with US President Joe Biden in Washington. The US barred companies from conducting business with Huawei under the Trump administration. Current US President, Joe Biden, imposed further sanctions, including the ban on sales of new Huawei equipment in the US. 

These actions led the firm to search for a replacement to obtain semiconductors and other parts, as founder Ren Zhengfei reported that Huawei has replaced more than 13,000 components with domestic versions over the past three years, according to a transcript posted by Shanghai Jiao Tong University on May 18.

The transcript pointed out on February 24 that the company redeveloped more than 4,000 circuit boards for its products, successfully replacing thousands of components used for their products banned by the United States with homegrown versions.

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