Previously, Huawei used Sony-made sensors, but there's talk that it hasn't renewed its contract. With the introduction of the Mate 60 series Huawei resumed...
This is such a eyerolling take based on stereotypes.
Before America banned Huawei, Huawei was widely recognized as having the best camera system on a phone. Under your worldview they can't invent anything themselves and somehow borrowed their way into being the best.
30 years of hardcore industrial espionage destroyed hundreds of companies due to ip theft if you steal from everyone and combine all of that knowledge did you really make it yourself?