How Beijing Wields Chinese Student Groups to Suppress Free Speech on US Campuses

How Beijing Wields Chinese Student Groups to Suppress Free Speech on US Campuses
Students at the University of Washington are on campus for the last day of in-person classes, in Seattle on March 6, 2020. Karen Ducey/Getty Images
Cathy He
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The Chinese regime’s covert activities at U.S. universities have attracted increasing attention and concern as part of the Trump administration’s campaign to halt Beijing’s subversion of the United States.

In the past year, the United States has focused on Beijing’s efforts to steal American research by prosecuting academics who hide links to China, barring entry to graduate students affiliated with the Chinese military, and targeting undercover Chinese military scientists working at U.S. universities.

Cathy He
Cathy He
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Cathy He is the politics editor at the Washington D.C. bureau. She was previously an editor for U.S.-China and a reporter covering U.S.-China relations.
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