Monday, April 24, 2023

'Addicted to Funding From China': Stanford Rakes in Chinese Cash

 

  • Stanford University has taken more than $27 million from Chinese entities since the start of 2021 Stanford University has raked in more than $27 million from Chinese entities since the start of 2021, underscoring the Communist Party's influence-peddling operations at major American colleges.

  • The database does not specify the exact source of the funding, beyond the country of origin, but details the total amount of every gift and contract from the CCP as part of federal reporting requirements.

  • "Colleges are likely pocketing even more than reported," according to Banks. "

  • Even worse, the Biden administration shut down all ongoing investigations into the Chinese Communist Party's influence efforts at our universities.

  • Michael Sobolik, a China expert at the American Foreign Policy Council, said that "American higher education is addicted to funding from China," money that he says "greases the skids for CCP malign influence in our colleges, like espionage, IP theft, and censorship."

  • That same year, federal authorities accused a Chinese researcher working at Stanford of secretly working as a member of China's military.

https://freebeacon.com/campus/addicted-to-funding-from-china-stanford-rakes-in-chinese-cash/

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