Huawei-Funded Research at US Institutions Is Subject of House Probe.

Two senior US lawmakers have criticized the Optica Foundation, a Washington-based organization, for accepting money from Huawei Technologies, a Chinese telecommunications company. The lawmakers argue that this action undermines efforts to protect US research from foreign interference. Bloomberg News previously reported that Huawei secretly funded a research competition through the Optica Foundation. The lawmakers have sent a letter to the CEO of Optica, asking for information about the foundation's funding sources and whether it has accepted money from other entities based in China or other countries of concern. Optica and Huawei have not yet responded to the lawmakers' requests for comment. [Extracted from the article]