Chinese tech giant Huawei has been secretly funding research in America despite being blacklisted, as reported by Bloomberg. The cutting-edge research is happening at universities, including Harvard,

Huawei Technologies Co., the Chinese telecommunications giant blacklisted by the US, is secretly funding cutting-edge research at American universities including Harvard through an independent Washington-based foundation.

In brief: The US makes no secret of its distrust of Huawei, having banned some of the Chinese firm's products and placed it on an export blacklist. As such, revelations that the company is secretly funding a massive US college research competition won't have pleased officials.

Huawei Technologies is secretly funding research at American universities, including Harvard, via an independent Washington-based foundation, Bloomberg News reported. The Chinese tech giant is the only funder of a research contest which has awarded millions of dollars since it started in 2022.

Regulators moved to bar a Huawei Technologies Co. lab from approving telecommunications gear for use in the US and proposed similar moves against other providers deemed a national security threat, including several Chinese companies.