Huawei is likely one of the companies that contributed to this very Xinjiang endeavour [0].
Even if it's not directly related, by buying a Huawei phone, you are voting with your money to support a company that's been hurting innovation with IP theft through the years [1].
[0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/05/25/huawei-ac...
[1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/huaweis-yearslong-rise-is-litte...
The article you cite just says that they supplied networking equipment, how is that different than, for example, U.S. conecetration camps using Dell laptops? Would you also blame Dell?
I swear whenever China/Huawei is mentioned on HN, the comments transform into a huge propaganda machine.
I'd bet I can make you never buy another IBM product. :)
We'll see your Huawei and raise you AT&T
"The NSA considers AT&T to be one of its most trusted partners and has lauded the company’s “extreme willingness to help.” It is a collaboration that dates back decades [...] The NSA exploits these relationships [..] commandeering AT&T’s massive infrastructure and using it as a platform to covertly tap into communications processed by other companies."
https://theintercept.com/2018/06/25/att-internet-nsa-spy-hub...
> Huawei said they would "provide industry-leading products and services... to build a safer and smarter society with the public security department of the autonomous region." Three months later, the company launched the Huawei Urumqi DevCloud to "promote the development of the software information industry in the district and all of Urumqi."
If that's not enough, please read this another article also from forbes [0].
[0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/04/25/huawei-xi...