Canada and the World Should Shut China’s Offshore Research Centers
Huawei’s R&D center in Ottawa would be a start
A Chinese man is silhouetted near the Huawei logo in Beijing on May 16, 2019. Conservative critics call for the federal government to ban the Chinese company from Canada's 5G network due to security concerns. AP Photo/Ng Han Guan
Canada is finally banning Huawei from its telecommunication networks. The company, based in China, allegedly has military and intelligence ties to the regime in Beijing. Ottawa, Canada’s capital, cited national security risks as the reason.
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor’s/master’s in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea” (2018).
