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Huaweigate: Europe Guards Against China’s Cash-for-Influence Schemes

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Huaweigate: Europe Guards Against China’s Cash-for-Influence Schemes
A photograph shows the logo of Chinese company Huawei at its main UK office in Reading, west of London, on Jan. 28, 2020. Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP via Getty Images
Anders Corr
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European authorities are investigating an alleged “cash-for-influence” scheme in which as many as 15 current and former members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are being investigated for taking bribes from Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications company.

Anders Corr
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).
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