{"id":190874,"date":"2021-03-05T09:15:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T14:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=190874"},"modified":"2021-03-05T09:15:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T14:15:12","slug":"stanford-opens-new-research-center-linked-to-the-chinese-communist-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stanford-opens-new-research-center-linked-to-the-chinese-communist-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanford Opens New Research Center Linked To The Chinese Communist Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstanford-opens-new-research-center-linked-to-the-chinese-communist-party%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=190874&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Stanford-University.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Stanford University introduced a new campus research hub that has ties to the Chinese Communist Party.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In mid-February, the university opened the Stanford Center on China\u2019s Economy and Institutions. The center is run by the Freeman Spogli Institute, a foreign policy organization that is connected to the Chinese government. The Freeman Spogli Institute has a history of coopering with China, though it refuses to disclose whether it has taken money from the Chinese government.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to a report by<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/stanford-opens-chinese-studies-center-with-ccp-ties\/?utm_source=actengage&#038;utm_campaign=FreedomMail&#038;utm_medium=email\"><span>The Washington Free Beacon<\/span><\/a><span>, the Freeman Spogli Institute has ties to Peking University in Beijing which is run by a former Chinese spy named Qiu Shuiping. A<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/unitracker.aspi.org.au\/universities\/peking-university\/\"><span>report<\/span><\/a> <span>from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute designated Peking University as a \u201chigh risk\u201d organization for its involvement in Chinese defense research and links to state-owned nuclear weapons programs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Peking University has hosted joint projects with the University of Chicago as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Center on China\u2019s Economy and Institutions website claims that the center\u2019s goals are to advance students\u2019 understanding of China\u2019s economic and political issues.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe Stanford Center on China\u2019s Economy and Institutions is Stanford\u2019s home for empirical, multidisciplinary research on China\u2019s economy,\u201d the website claims. \u201cWe aim to foster path-breaking research, create transformative student experiences, and advance public understanding of China\u2019s economy and its impact on the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In an introductory<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/fsi-live.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/s3fs-public\/documents\/sccei_meet_and_greet_slides.pdf\"><span>guidebook<\/span><\/a> <span>to the center, staff claim that research briefs from the new Chinese-affiliated center will be shared with policymakers in Washington, D.C., as well as technology investment organizations and entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The same guidebook announced that the center will host an event with Professor Jean Oi on March 9. Oi is a founding member of Stanford\u2019s research center at Peking University.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Stanford\u2019s Chinese-affiliated center may soon have increased influence in Washington D.C. as President Joe Biden has nominated one of the organization\u2019s senior scholars for undersecretary of defense. According to a separate Washington Free Beacon<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/china-ties-raise-questions-for-bidens-top-defense-post-pick\/\"><span>report<\/span><\/a><span>, Colin Kahl, a former Obama administration official, worked at the Freeman Spogli Institute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Stanford is among many elite universities that host Chinese-affiliated programs on campus. The university also hosts a Confucius Institute, which functions as a propaganda arm of the Chinese Communist Party on America\u2019s college campuses. A<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/v\/\"><span>review<\/span><\/a> <span>of federal records found that more than 100 U.S. universities have Confucius Institutes available to students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Other universities partner with Chinese entities beyond Confucius Institutes as well. In 2015, Washington University-St. Louis joined an alliance with Xi\u2019an Jiaotong University called the University Alliance of the Silk Road (UASR). The UASR has direct ties to the Chinese government.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Daily Wire<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elite-american-university-remains-in-alliance-with-the-chinese-communist-party\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><span>Washington University-St. Louis remains the only Northern American school to join the University Alliance of the Silk Road (UASR), which is an academic arm of the People\u2019s Republic of China.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The organization claims to be \u201cnon-governmental,\u201d though Chinese-sanctioned media admits that UASR is part of the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s academic programming.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Universities often fail to disclose financial relationships to foreign adversaries such as China as well.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/u-s-universities-failed-to-disclose-donations-from-hostile-regimes\/\"><span>Data<\/span><\/a> <span>from the Department of Education show that several top-tier universities, including Cornell and Yale, failed to report more than $3 billion in foreign gifts and funds, much of which came from hostile nations like China.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stanford University introduced a new campus research hub that has ties to the Chinese Communist Party.\u00a0 In mid-February, the university opened the Stanford Center on China\u2019s Economy and Institutions. 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