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While pressure is mounting on Canada to stop doing business with Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Co., UBC has started two new research projects with the company.

Two lead researchers have begun multi-year investigations valued at $220,000 and related to next-generation 5G wireless technology, according to information provided by the university, with the work supported by Huawei Tech Canada.

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As of Wednesday there had been no change in the university’s position regarding on its relationship with Huawei, even as U.S. officials are increasingly calling on Canada to follow its lead in treating the Chinese firm as a security threat.

In December, the UBC research vice-president, Gail Murphy, said in an emailed statement that since no restrictions had been placed on Huawei, the university “will continue with its partnership” with the Chinese company that has been in place since 2011.