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Stanford Opens Chinese Studies Center With CCP Ties
[Free Beacon] Stanford University rolled out a new center hosting scholars, guests, and programs affiliated with groups backed by the Chinese Communist Party.The Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions opened in February. The center is a subsidiary organization under the umbrella of the Freeman Spogli Institute, a foreign policy consortium with ties to Peking University, a school run by former Chinese spymaster Qiu Shuiping. The center will host a March 9 event centered on local governance in China featuring Prof. Jean Oi, a founding member of the Stanford research center at Peking University. The Australian Strategic Policy Institute designated Peking University a "high risk" university for its partnerships with military research programs on nuclear technology. Rachelle Peterson, a senior fellow at the National Association of Scholars, said Stanford's close ties to the Chinese Communist Party are especially concerning as colleges develop relationships with Beijing. "Higher education has yet to truly grasp the threat of close partnership with the Chinese government," Peterson said. "Confucius Institutes continue to close left and right, but many colleges are simply replacing them with similar centers still funded by China. Stanford not only maintains a Confucius Institute but has just launched another center with alarming attachments." Posted by: Besoeker 2021-03-04 |
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