Posted on 05/24/2025 11:24:47 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Summary
WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - Harvard University's links to China, long an asset to the school, have become a liability as the Trump administration levels accusations that its campus is plagued by Beijing-backed influence operations.
On Thursday the administration moved to revoke Harvard's ability to enroll foreign students, saying it fostered antisemitism and coordinated with the Chinese Communist Party. Among them are Chinese nationals who made up about a fifth of Harvard's foreign student intake in 2024, the university said.
A U.S. judge on Friday temporarily blocked the administration's order after the Cambridge, Massachusetts, university sued.
The concerns about Chinese government influence at Harvard are not new. Some U.S. lawmakers, many of them Republicans, have expressed worries that China is manipulating Harvard to gain access to U.S. advanced technology, to circumvent U.S. security laws and to stifle criticism of it in the United States.
"For too long, Harvard has let the Chinese Communist Party exploit it," a White House official told Reuters on Friday, adding the school had "turned a blind eye to vigilante CCP-directed harassment on-campus."
Harvard did not respond immediately to requests for comment.
The school has said the revocation was a punishment for Harvard's "perceived viewpoint," which it called a violation of the right to free speech as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment.
Harvard’s links to China, which include research partnerships and China-focused academic centers, are longstanding. The ties have yielded major financial gifts, influence in international affairs and global prestige for the school.
Former Harvard President Larry Summers, who has at times been critical of the university, called the Trump administration's move to block foreign students the...
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It looks like Harvard sold what little soul it had left, to the Chicoms.
Arrest the judge for interfering in national security. Charge her with sedition, and giving aid and comfort to the enemy. Does the FBI even investigate these pigs for their chicom money? Probably not because they are on the payroll too.
I wonder if President Trump knows that much of what he is doing will be reversed by the courts, but he is doing these things to bring much needed attention to areas of concern.
I think he’s flooding the zone, much as the radical Left-wing extremists flooded him with lawfare.
Now it’s their turn to play wack-a-mole.
China should be afraid that Harvard will communize CCP members.
bump
Now do UPenn’s China ties.
RED China ties. NOT China.
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