Interesting opinion, but the fact remains that the intellectual property is the knowledge known, by those who spent the time working on it. That history is documented, no matter how much some would like it changed. All you need to do to research it is search for the history of UK CESG working with Huawei, it goes back twenty years.

Here is as good a place as any to start:

https://eric-bott.medium.com/why-all-the-fuss-about-huawei-e6666c18a98d