Wired internet never reached the village of Lac La Hache, in the remote eastern interior of British Columbia. So when Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies and local firm ABC Communications announced in 2019 that they were teaming up to provide a high-speed, hi-tech wireless solution, it was big news. And not just in the tiny retirement and recreational community, population 258, that is known for its trout fishing and takes its name from an axe dropped in its eponymous lake by a French Canadian furrier long ago. Dissected in the Canadian national press and The New York Times , the...