Commentary Despite the obvious danger of espionage from Chinese telecommunications companies such as Huawei, the Global South is eagerly signing up for its e-government and cloud infrastructure services. Most of the 70 deals identified by a new Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) report are from countries in Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America. The deals, which started as early as 2006, were found in 41 countries, most considered “partly free” or “not free” by Freedom House. The new study, produced by Jonathan Hillman and Maesea McCalpin at CSIS, was reported in the Financial Times. International Huawei deals are getting inked despite warnings from the U.S. government of Huawei’s electronic espionage, and extensive evidence of Huawei’s influence operations around the world, including in the United States. Huawei spent almost $3 million on lobbying in the United States in 2019, and is close to senior former politicians in both the …