The shift in the 5G networks balance of power from Huawei to Ericsson might seem to be a one-way process, given the number of countries that are putting restrictions on purchasing from the Chinese vendor. Last week, Ericsson’s home country, Sweden, barred Huawei or ZTE equipment from its 5G networks, while Ericsson itself announced robust financial results that were boosted by business from China. But if that looked like unqualified bad news for the Chinese vendors, the situation remains more complex than that. The day after the Swedish regulator’s decision, China’s foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian called on the country to reverse the ban, or rish a “negative impact” on its own companies. Zhao said: “Sweden should uphold an objective…