Oxford University suspends donor ties with Huawei

The University of Oxford will suspend all new research grants and donations from Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications giant accused of posing national security threats around the world. In an email sent to its computer science doctoral students, the university said the Committee to Review Donations – part of the university’s Council Secretariat – made the decision last week, writes Laurie Chen for the South China Morning Post.

“The [committee] met last week and have decided to suspend Huawei as an approved gift donor/research sponsor,” it said. “This decision will be revisited by the committee in 3-6 months and does not impact existing donations or research projects which have already been agreed and signed, and are in progress.”

Huawei is the target of a host of investigations in the United States. The US is seeking the extradition from Canada of Huawei’s chief financial officer, Sabrina Meng Wanzhou, over alleged violations of US sanctions on Iran, and the company is under scrutiny for allegedly stealing trade secrets from US partner firms including T-Mobile US.
Full report on the South China Morning Post site