China Influences Higher Education and Research in Netherlands: Think Tank

A paramilitary police officer stands guard in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, on March 11, 2018. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images

The Chinese regime is exerting political influence in Dutch universities and research institutions, a think tank report has warned.

The report, published by the Clingendael Institute, a leading Dutch think tank on international affairs based in The Hague, concluded that “there is political influence by China in higher education and science in the Netherlands.”