Description of Event Huawei is a Chinese telecom giant which is currently expanding its international presence. The Economic Times reports that the corporation is actively cooperating with “oil-rich Gulf nations, despite being criticized in the United States and Europe as a potential security threat” (“Huawei, controversial in the West,” 2021). It is highlighted that Arab Gulf countries are currently making massive investments in technological development in an effort to diversify their economies. The article notes that they are strategic partners of Washington, which is pushing a number of sanctions against Huawei. The United States believes that the corporation has ties to the Chinese military, which uses its equipment for international espionage. Although the corporation denies the allegations, its activities are also suspended in Europe. However, the Gulf countries, particularly the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, are partnering with Huawei not only to spread 5G technologies but also to develop smart cities. This activity implies the expansion of population surveillance, which, as noted in the article, is more similar to the values ​​of China than Western countries (“Huawei, controversial in the West,” 2021). The concerns of Europe and the United States about the security of the partnership with the corporation were not taken seriously in the Gulf countries. The article further lists numerous recent episodes of Huawei’s expansion in Saudi Arabia and the UAE. In particular, the opening of stores, joint work on artificial intelligence, as well as the development of applications for Muslim pilgrims are presented. Thus, the corporation did not find success with its Western partners but is actively expanding to the East. Connection to International Business First of all, the international expansion of Huawei’s activities can be considered from both the western and eastern directions. The integration-responsiveness framework offers several strategies which are based on the adaptation of local and national characteristics of companies for effective global expansion (Chapter 7). In particular, local responsiveness requires a company to respond to the needs and rules of the country in which it operates. Huawei is a Chinese company where the concept of population surveillance and information security regulations are completely different from the European or US markets. In this case, expanding to the western Huawei did not take into account the local legal framework that needed to be changed. In this case, it can be determined that the company used a home replication strategy to repeat the patterns of its activities in a new region. However, it is noted that the main disadvantage of this strategy is the low local responsiveness (Chapter 7). Thus, it is more suitable for expanding into markets with a dominant number of domestic customers. When Huawei had problems with partnerships in the West, it turned its attention to the Gulf countries. This decision was extremely reasonable for a number of causes. First of all, the company focuses on the development of communication technologies, which have high demands in Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Moreover, China and the Gulf countries have similar views on cooperation goals and security aspects. Thus, Huawei can use the same strategy when expanding to the West. However, in this case, the home replication strategy will function correctly si