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Rubio Applauds MIT Decision to Cut Ties with Chinese State Directed Actors Huawei and ZTE
Apr 04 2019
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) released the following statement regarding reports that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has terminated funding and research links with China's Huawei and ZTE:
“MIT is right to terminate its funding and research links with Chinese state-directed actors Huawei and ZTE,” Rubio said. “China, Chinese state-directed telecommunications, and other state-directed enterprises pose a significant, long-term threat to U.S. economic and national security, and American universities would be wise to wake up to that fact.”
“MIT is right to terminate its funding and research links with Chinese state-directed actors Huawei and ZTE,” Rubio said. “China, Chinese state-directed telecommunications, and other state-directed enterprises pose a significant, long-term threat to U.S. economic and national security, and American universities would be wise to wake up to that fact.”
