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Two Huawei employees who sent a message from the Chinese telecom firm’s Twitter account using an iPhone device have been punished, a memo says.<\/p>\n

The tweet, posted on New Year’s Day, wished followers a “Happy #2019” while displaying “via Twitter for iPhone”.<\/p>\n

Chinese companies have been trying to steer employees toward Huawei products and away from US rival Apple.<\/p>\n

Last year, Huawei overtook Apple in the number of handsets shipped worldwide, making it second only to Samsung.<\/p>\n

On Friday, a report by Reuters news agency – citing an internal company memo – said that the Huawei staff involved in the Twitter blunder had been demoted and would be receiving reduced salaries.<\/p>\n

The new year message was quickly removed from Huawei’s official Twitter feed but was shared by users of the social media site. <\/p>\n

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The memo said the incident, which was linked to “VPN problems” with a desktop computer, had “caused damage to the Huawei brand”, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n

China blocks access to many foreign websites, including Twitter, although many people circumvent the firewall by using virtual private networks. <\/p>\n