US Universities Unplug from China’s Huawei Under New National Security Law

US Universities Unplug from China’s Huawei Under New National Security Law
Graduates attend commencement at University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, U.S. on May 16, 2015. Noah Berger/Reuters
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SAN FRANCISCO—Top U.S. universities are ditching telecom equipment made by Huawei Technologies and other Chinese companies to avoid losing federal funding under a new national security law backed by the Trump administration.

U.S. officials allege Chinese telecom manufacturers are producing equipment that allows their government to spy on users abroad, including Western researchers working on leading-edge technologies. Beijing and the Chinese companies have repeatedly denied such claims.