For years, China has invested in American universities in various ways, donating millions of dollars, collaborating with academics, and setting up cultural centers. Each tactic is part of a broader strategy of the Chinese government to compete with the United States by buying influence and conducting espionage at these schools. Many Chinese contributions are listed as coming from anonymous donors, a practice that experts say is an easy tactic that allows Beijing to penetrate America’s educational system. The issue of Chinese influence on American campuses through investments is alarming, especially because of the lack of transparency.
Fortunately, the US government is ramping up its scrutiny of China’s activities at American universities. The results of the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts have been crucial but troubling, revealing a nefarious campaign by the Chinese Communist Party. To make matters worse, the American people know very little about what China is doing.
I decided to examine this urgent issue in this week’s episode of my podcast “Newt’s World.” My guest is Andrew Lelling, the US attorney for the District of Massachusetts. He is at the forefront of the government’s efforts to counter the Communist Party’s influence at our educational institutions.
One of the schools most targeted by China is in Lelling’s backyard: Harvard. The elite university has received tens of millions of dollars from China in contracts and gifts in recent years. Just in January, the Department of Justice announced that Dr. Charles Lieber, chair of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, was arrested and charged with one count of making a materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statement about his involvement with China. And, according to a former scholar at Harvard, the school shut down a panel discussion on human rights in China in 2015 because it was around the same time the president of Harvard was meeting with Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party.
China’s strategy is simple, effective, and dangerous. And the Communist Party is implementing it on campuses across the United States.
I urge you to listen to this week’s episode to learn more about this pressing issue, which threatens both our national security and the integrity of our educational system. |
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