Guidance Needed on Whether CCP-Backed Student Associations Should Register As Foreign Power-Controlled Entities, Report Says

The associations are ‘falling between the cracks’ of scrutiny because they are registered under the students’ union and are not subject to FOI requests.

In this file image, students arrive for their graduation ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall in London, England, on Oct. 13, 2015. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Urgent clarification is needed on whether Chinese Students and Scholars Associations (CSSAs) across the UK are required to register their activities as foreign power-controlled entities, a report said.

The report, published by think tank Henry Jackson Society, said CSSAs, which are effectively controlled by the Chinese regime, has been able to avoid scrutiny by posing as normal student societies which are independent and self-governing.