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Most of Huawei’s 70 Deals Are in the Global South, but China’s Spying and Corruption Are Everywhere

Most of Huawei’s 70 Deals Are in the Global South, but China’s Spying and Corruption Are Everywhere
A man wearing a face mask following the COVID-19 outbreak walks past a booth of Huawei at the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, China, on Sept. 4, 2020. Tingshu Wang/Reuters
Anders Corr
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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.
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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