Chinese telecom giant Huawei is finding plenty of government buyers for its cloud services despite growing suspicion of the company, according to new data compiled by the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Reconnecting Asia Project. From a report: Middle-income countries without strong civil freedoms are the most common customers for Huawei’s cloud and e-government services. By the numbers: CSIS researchers found 70 agreements in 41 countries between governments (or state-owned enterprises) and Huawei. 77% of those agreements occurred in countries that Freedom House has ranked as either “not free” or “partly free,” such as Saudi Arabia and Zambia.

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