House Committee Chairs Criticize Harvard Over Handling of Anti-CCP Protest Incident

Documents show Harvard disciplined protesters for disrupting a speech by the Chinese ambassador but not a Chinese student who dragged a protester away.

Students and activists protest against the Chinese communist regime's human rights abuses during a visit by the Chinese ambassador at Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Mass., on April 20, 2024. Learner Liu/The Epoch Times

Chairs of two House select committees criticized Harvard University on Oct. 18 for reprimanding student protesters who disrupted a speech by the Chinese ambassador while failing to discipline a Chinese student who forcibly removed one of the protesters.

The incident occurred on April 20, when Chinese Ambassador Xie Feng gave an opening address for the Harvard Kennedy School of Government’s China Conference 2024, an annual student-run event organized by the Greater China Society.