Calls for Investigation as ‘Close Ties’ Emerge Between Huawei, Cambridge Research Center

Calls for Investigation as ‘Close Ties’ Emerge Between Huawei, Cambridge Research Center
People arrive to attend the Huawei keynote address at a trade fair opening day in Berlin on Sept. 3, 2020. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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A former Conservative Party leader has called on the UK government to investigate the country’s dependency on China as a research center of Cambridge University is alleged to have been “infiltrated” by Chinese tech giant Huawei.

Speaking to The Times of London on Sept. 12, Sir Iain Duncan Smith said universities in the UK are “far too dependent on Chinese money,” with Cambridge being “one of the worst offenders.”