It may be the most impressive-looking tech campus in the world, and it doesn’t belong to Apple Inc.

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While those complexes are known for their sleek style, architectural quirks and even names (“Googleplex,” anyone?), Huawei Technologies Co. may have them all beat — if nothing else, at least in sheer scale.

The Chinese tech giant has made headlines of late as the target of the U.S. government, which claims its telecom equipment poses a national security threat. But most Americans don’t know much more about the company, and Western media has had little access to its facilities.

Besides making telecom equipment (it’s No. 1 in the world) and smartphones (No. 2 in the world, behind Samsung Electronics Co.

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 ), Huawei has a massive research-and-development operation (one of its focuses is next-generation 5G wireless technology). And its newest complex — the 3.5-square-mile Ox Horn Research and Development campus in Dongguan, China, near Shenzhen — offers a stunning setting for some of the world’s most advanced technological research.

The Ox Horn campus, which is still under construction, will eventually hold 25,000 workers, and is designed with a classical European motif. It will consist of 12 “towns,” with names such as Paris, Verona and Bruges, and feature castles, plazas and Instagram-worthy vistas in a nod to the company’s founder and chief executive, Ren Zhengfei, who was trained as an architect. It includes amenities familiar to American tech campuses — sculpted green landscapes, sports facilities, a library and art classes. The sprawling campus is connected by a tram system imported from Switzerland, and trains link it to other Huawei campuses, as well as worker housing.

Last month, Getty News photographer Kevin Frayer was given rare access to Ox Horn and other Huawei production and R&D facilities in and around its home city of Shenzhen, and took a series of photos documenting daily life there.

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Huawei’s sprawling new Ox Horn Research and Development campus is seen from the air in Dongguan, near Shenzhen, China.
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A replica of Versailles is seen in the Paris area of Huawei’s Ox Horn Research and Development campus.
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Huawei’s Ox Horn Research and Development campus is seen from the air.
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A worker cleans a waterway as office buildings are seen at Huawei’s Ox Horn Research and Development campus.
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Huawei’s new sprawling Ox Horn Research and Development campus.
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A Huawei groundskeeper feeds black swans at the Ox Horn Research and Development campus, which are kept by the company’s founder, Ren Zhengfei, and represent a reminder not to become complacent.
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A Huawei worker looks at his smartphone as he walks across a plaza at the Ox Horn Research and Development campus.
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An Italian Renaissance-style walkway at the Ox Horn Research and Development campus.
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A woman poses for a picture taken by a friend during the lunch break at Huawei’s Instagram-worthy Ox Horn Research and Development campus.
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A replica of the Peace Bridge between China and North Korea is seen at the yet-to-be-opened and still under construction Huawei University site at the sprawling Ox Horn Research and Development campus.
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Huawei workers walk together at the sprawling Ox Horn Research and Development campus.
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Huawei workers walk by large statues of horses at the sprawling Ox Horn Research and Development campus.
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Huawei workers walk together at the end of their workday at the Ox Horn Research and Development campus.
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A Huawei customer takes a photo at the Ox Horn Research and Development campus.
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Huawei workers walk together at the end of their workday at the Ox Horn Research and Development campus.
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Huawei workers walk together at the end of the workday at the Ox Horn Research and Development campus.
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Huawei workers wait to board a tram used by employees, clients and visitors at the Ox Horn Research and Development campus.
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Huawei workers wait on a bus to leave for home at the end of their workday.
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A man takes pictures out the window of a train used by Huawei workers, client, and other visitors.
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Huawei workers look at their smartphones as they line up for lunch at the Ox Horn Research and Development campus.
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Huawei workers eat lunch as others line up at one of many cafeterias serving subsidized food at the Ox Horn’Research and Development campus.
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The Huawei logo is displayed on a living wall at the Huawei Technologies Co. headquarters in Shenzhen, China.
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Huawei reception staff walk in front of a large screen showcasing different technologies in the foyer of a building used for high-profile customer visits and displays at the company’s Bantian campus in Shenzhen, China..
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A member of Huawei’s reception staff arranges the chairs in a private dining room a building used for high-profile customer visits at the company’s Bantian campus in Shenzhen.
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A worker in Huawei’s Cyber Security Lab works on his computer at the company’s production campus in Dongguan.
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Huawei employees sleep at their cubicle during their lunch break, which is common practice in many workplaces in China, at the research and development area in the Bantian campus.
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Huawei workers play a “team building” game at the end of the lunch break at the Ox Horn Research and Development campus.
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A worker packs up new smartphone devices at the end of the production line at Huawei’s production campus in Dongguan.
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Workers are seen on the production line at Huawei’s production campus in Dongguan.
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A display for facial recognition and artificial intelligence is seen on monitors at Huawei’s Bantian campus.
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A Huawei reception employee walks by a display for facial recognition cameras at the company’s Bantian campus.
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Huawei workers from the Public Affairs and Communications department take part in a training session at Huawei University at the company’s Bantian campus.
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Huawei employees take part in an art class at a recreation area in staff housing at the end of the workday at the Bantian campus.
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Huawei employees play basketball at a recreation area in staff housing at the end of the workday at the Bantian campus.
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The Huawei logo is seen on the side of the main building at the company’s production campus in Dongguan.

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2019-05-23