Eastern Michigan University Ends China Partnerships Amid Lawmaker Scrutiny

The university says the partnerships did not involve any research or technology transfer.

People wait in line at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Mich., on Feb. 15, 2016. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

Eastern Michigan University said on May 28 that it will end teaching partnerships with China’s Guangxi University (GU) and Beibu Gulf University (BGU).

Eastern Michigan said its decision to terminate the partnerships stems from a Feb. 18 letter sent to the university by Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.), chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee.