Thursday, June 27, 2019

Huawei Personnel Worked With China’s Military On Research Projects

A Huawei company logo is seen at a shopping mall in Shanghai Reuters

SCMP/Bloomberg: Huawei personnel worked with China’s military on a variety of research projects

* Joint efforts include work with branch of the Central Military Commission to extract and classify emotions in online video comments
* Extent of Huawei’s military ties remains a topic of intense scrutiny in the US

Several Huawei Technologies employees have collaborated on research projects with Chinese armed forces personnel, indicating closer ties to the country’s military than previously acknowledged by the smartphone and networking powerhouse.

Over the past decade, Huawei workers have teamed with members of various organs of the People’s Liberation Army on at least 10 research endeavours spanning artificial intelligence to radio communications.

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WNU editor: The Huawei response is that there is nothing to see here .... Huawei says it doesn’t cooperate with Chinese military — after report says its employees did (CNBC).

More News On Reports That Huawei Personnel Worked With China’s Military On Research Projects

Huawei employees worked with China military on research projects: Bloomberg -- Reuters
Huawei employees reportedly worked on Chinese military research projects -- CNET
Huawei staff pair up with Chinese military on research -- AFP
Huawei refutes reports of collaboration with Chinese military -- UPI
Huawei techies carried out AI research with China’s military -- Quartz

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