Developing countries have signed Huawei agreements despite warnings of U.S. espionage
Huawei’s warnings about espionage do not deter African, Asian and Latin American governments from hiring a Chinese technology team for cloud infrastructure and e-government services, a study has found.
A report by the Washington CSIS think tank in the Financial Times identified 70 agreements in 41 countries between Huawei and governments or state-owned companies for such services from 2006 to April this year.
Cloud infrastructure typically refers to the installation of data centers, and e-government primarily involves the automation of administrative functions such as licensing, health, legal records, and other government processes.
Since it was announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has channeled hundreds of billions of dollar
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The West and its allies have re-launched their own version of the China Belt and Road
A new submarine fiber-optic data cable over southern Europe and the Latin American ocean is set to be networked this month – and the schedule is unlikely to be.
The EllaLink 150 million euro project is backed by public loans, including from the European Investment Bank. The China Belt and Road Initiative will be launched when the EU and its allies renew their impetus for cooperation in international infrastructure projects, according to which Beijing has spread its influence around the world.
The aim is to foster cooperation between the EU and its partners – including Japan, the US and India – and to support high-quality projects in low- and middle-income countries. The issue is expected to be on the agenda at EU and G7 summits in May and June. The EU and its partners will try to give it the boost it has lacked so far, and Biden has called for it to add to the agenda at the G7 summit in th
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