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Trump Administration Urges US Colleges to Divest Chinese Holdings

Trump Administration Urges US Colleges to Divest Chinese Holdings
A view of the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on July 8, 2020. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images
Emel Akan
Emel Akan
Reporter
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WASHINGTON—The U.S. State Department issued a letter on Aug. 18 that warns American colleges and universities about the “growing threat of authoritarian influence” of the Chinese regime on U.S. campuses.

The letter also urged the institutions to divest from Chinese stock holdings in their endowments.

Emel Akan
Emel Akan
Reporter
Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
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