Blacklisted technology company Huawei has plunged at least £30 million into British universities via research grants and donations. The Epoch Times can reveal the telecom giant—deemed a national security threat by the United States government—is the biggest China-based donor to higher educational institutions in the UK. Over the past four years, Huawei and its advanced…

A number of Canadian universities are disassociating from Huawei, amid concerns about the tech giant’s affiliation with the Chinese military. The University of Waterloo said on May 4 that it will be terminating research collaboration with Huawei after their contract expires this year. The move is to “safeguard scientific research” at the school, according to the university’s Vice…

The University of Waterloo will distance itself from Chinese tech giant Huawei after its contract runs out this year to “safeguard scientific research” at the school, the university’s Vice-President for Research Charmaine Dean said. Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) has warned Canadian academic institutions that research partnerships can be vehicles for espionage; they can compromise…

National security officials, federal prosecutors, and lawmakers are on the lookout for secret police stations that they believe China has established on U.S. soil. In September, a report by Safeguard Defenders alleged agents of the Chinese regime had been covertly operating in several countries, using secret police stations as a base of operations to surveil…

A scholar on China has warned that affording more scrutiny to Chinese state-owned enterprises with regard to foreign takeovers of Canadian companies won’t entirely remove the risk of losing strategically to the communist regime. “All Chinese global enterprises are fully integrated into the PRC [People’s Republic of China] party-state, corporate, military, and security apparatus, because…

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC has agreed to pay a $300 million penalty in a settlement with U.S. authorities for shipping over $1.1 billion worth of hard disk drives to China’s Huawei in violation of U.S. export control laws, the Department of Commerce said. Seagate sold the drives to Huawei between August 2020 and September 2021…

TikTok is facing a slew of lawsuits after multiple deaths linked to challenges on the app. Grieving parents give a warning to other families, with the hope of preventing more tragedies. TikTok, meanwhile, is pushing back following the congressional hearing, stating safety is a priority. Topics in this episode: Deadly TikTok Challenges Put Algorithm Under…

The House passed a bill on April 19 that would require the State Department to address the use of problematic telecommunications equipment and services by requiring publicly traded companies to disclose whether they use such equipment or services. The final vote was 410-8. Four Republicans and four Democrats voted against the measure. The bill means…

The Chinese Communist Party’s “capitalistic authoritarianism” aligns with the designs of the Middle East’s autocratic regimes and is aiding Beijing’s foreign policy in the region, according to Faisal Saeed Al Mutar, the founder of New York-based Ideas Beyond Borders. Authoritarian capitalism is the operation of a capitalist economy, on the one hand, combined with the…

The Chinese Communist Party’s “capitalistic authoritarianism” aligns with the designs of the Middle East’s autocratic regimes and is aiding Beijing’s foreign policy in the region, according to Faisal Saeed Al Mutar, the founder of New York-based Ideas Beyond Borders. Authoritarian capitalism is the operation of a capitalist economy, on the one hand, combined with the…