Huawei has secretly been funding research at top US universities.
Huawei has been designated as a national security threat by the US but that hasn’t stopped the Chinese company from secretly funding research at American universities.
Bloomberg reports that Huawei is the only funder of a research competition managed by Washington-based Optica Foundation, a non-profit entity that provides resources to those researching optics and photonics.
The competition first began in 2022 and has awarded millions of dollars. It attracts proposals from scientists the world over, including those from leading US universities that have severed ties with Huawei, such as Harvard.
Optica «shall not be required to designate Huawei as the funding source or program sponsor,» reads a nonpublic document reviewed by Bloomberg.
Many of the applicants and university officials contacted by the outlet were not aware that Huawei was backing the program.
