Biden Think Tank That Housed Classified Docs Also Hosted Event That Pushed Greater Engagement With China

The Biden think tank at the University of Pennsylvania where the president stashed classified documents didn’t just have lax security—it also hosted events in partnership with organizations that promoted closer engagement with China, the Washington Free Beacon It has been learned.

Two-day event hosted by the Penn Biden Centre “bootcamp” According to a source, congressional staffers in June encouraged closer ties between China and the United States on issues such as green energy and education. One of the organizing groups had an advisory board member who was the spokesperson for controversial Chinese tech giant Baidu. Anonymous donors from China donated millions of dollars to the University of Pennsylvania.

There were no posted security officials at the Penn Biden Center during the June conference—just regular Penn staffers—and attendees were able to walk around the center unmonitored and make use of unused rooms for phone calls and other private work during the conference.

The news raises questions about security at the Penn Biden Center following revelations that classified documents from Joe Biden’s vice presidency had been improperly stored at the think tank in Washington, D.C., and at his home in Wilmington, Del. Biden has denied that he misused information. describing Penn Biden Center, where his lawyers can meet “set up an office for me—a secure office in the Capitol, when I—the four years after being vice president, I was a professor at Penn.”

The events also raise questions about the extent of the Biden team’s involvement in the University of Pennsylvania’s opaquely funded China initiatives, which ramped up in recent years as millions of dollars in Chinese donations poured into the university. A spokesperson for the university denied any connection between the donations and the Penn Biden Center. Free Beacon Foreign donations weren’t specifically designated for the think tank.

Rebeccah Heinrichs, a senior fellow at Hudson Institute who is a national security expert, stated that the news of outside groups hosting events at Penn Biden Center and classified documents being stored at the office was incredibly alarming.”

‘The fact that [the documents] were not secured, [were] open and uncared for, and also that you had this other activity going on inside this facility, with individuals that may not have the best interests of the American people at heart, is shocking,” said Heinrichs.

‘I would like to know more about … who was going