First Huawei Technologies lab academy at UASD

[Dolores]

The Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) and Huawei Technologies are joining forces to boost the technology industry in the country.

The ambassador of China Zhang Run and Emma Polanco, the rector of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), inaugurated the first Huawei Technologies ICT Academy at the main campus of the government university in Santo Domingo.

Huawei equipped a laboratory with high-tech-tech devices for practices. The objective of the donation is to contribute to the ICT industry in the country. It is part of Huawei’s ICT Talent Development Program and includes internships, an ICT Competition and webinars.

Speaking at the event, Higher Education Minister Franklin García Fermín called the new academy an effort to create an innovation ecosystem between China and the Dominican Republic. He says the academy puts the university at the forefront...

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[NanSanPedro]

If you take China out of the equation, this is a great idea. I just wish a North American or European country had done this first.

 

[Ecoman1949]

If you take China out of the equation, this is a great idea. I just wish a North American or European country had done this first.

Totally agree NSP. We just ended two bad years of negotiating with China for the release of two arbitrarily jailed Canadians. Another Canadian is still jailed and facing a death sentence.

China accused Canada of doing the US’s dirty work when we remanded their Huawei executive for extradition to the US. Anyone who dares to confront China will pay a heavy price politically and economically. The previous US administration lost out big time when they used tariffs to penalize China.

The DR getting deeper in bed with China is disconcerting and it’s a risk to their relations with the US. The DR government has no idea that the DR is merely a pawn in China’s bigger North American chess game. Perhaps they do but are turning a blind eye to it.

 

[Duece]

It is one thing to ask to be saved if you are drowning. The Dominican Republic is not drowning. Stay away from China because once they have enough leverage they will dictate your future. Then you will be damned and not saved.