University rejects Chinese Communist Party-linked influence efforts on campus - The Washington Post

University rejects Chinese Communist Party-linked influence efforts on campus - The Washington Post: As part of a broad effort to interfere in U.S. institutions, China tries to shape the discussion at American universities, stifle criticism and influence academic activity by offering funding, often through front organizations closely linked to Beijing.

Now that aspect of Beijing’s foreign influence campaign is beginning to face resistance from academics and lawmakers. A major battle in this nascent campus war played out over the past six months at the University of Texas in Austin.

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