Mixed loyalties

10 March: The UK government’s plans to allow Huawei limited access to development of its 5G network squeaked past in the House of Commons. Thirty-eight Conservative MPs refused to follow the government’s instructions and voted for an amendment to the Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill that would have banned Huawei as a …

Wuhan and the Professor

28 January: A Harvard professor has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China. Dr Charles Lieber, 60, is chair of the department of chemistry and chemical biology and one of only twenty-six senior professors at Harvard. He specialises in nanoscience and brain/computer interface technology. It is alleged that since …