{"id":2428235,"date":"2025-04-28T12:27:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T16:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvard-champions-academic-freedom-but-yields-to-ccp\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T12:32:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T16:32:14","slug":"harvard-champions-academic-freedom-but-yields-to-ccp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvard-champions-academic-freedom-but-yields-to-ccp\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard Champions Academic Freedom, But Yields To CCP"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fharvard-champions-academic-freedom-but-yields-to-ccp%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=2428235&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--><p>Harvard University is currently embroiled in a lawsuit against the trump management, claiming it will not allow the government to control its academic programs. However, a recent report by Strategy Risks reveals concerning ties between Harvard and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The report highlights that Harvard has received over $1.1 billion in foreign funding since 2012, with a important portion from China, often attached with conditions that could undermine academic freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Particular attention is drawn to the Harvard T. Chan School for Public Health, which is partially funded by Ronnie Chan, a proponent of CCP interests. The school engaged in training sessions for Chinese officials linked to controversial organizations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-cop-state-spox-offers-herself-up-as-view-cohost\/\" title=\"Anti-Cop State Spox Offers Herself Up as \u2018View\u2019 Cohost\">raising ethical questions<\/a> about these partnerships, especially given the CCP&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saudi-court-jails-womens-rights-activist-posing-challenge-for-biden\/\" title=\"Saudi court jails women\u2019s rights activist, posing challenge for Biden\">human rights violations<\/a>, including those against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the report criticizes Harvard&#8217;s inconsistent responses to campus protests, particularly regarding pro-Palestinian actions against Jewish students compared to how swiftly it acted against students who interrupted a speech by the Chinese ambassador. This perceived hypocrisy challenges Harvard&#8217;s reputation as an institution championing progressive values.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit against the Trump administration may prompt greater scrutiny of Harvard\u2019s foreign funding sources, particularly its connections with China, perhaps resulting in a loss of credibility in the eyes of the public and increased calls for federal funding cuts. The author of the report, Helen raleigh, emphasizes that Harvard\u2019s actions reveal a troubling compromise of its academic integrity for financial gain.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/education\/harvard-sues-trump-administration-lawsuit-0f00e894?mod=Searchresults_pos1&amp;page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lawsuit<\/a> against the Trump administration, Harvard University boldly asserts that it will not &ldquo;submit to the government&rsquo;s control over its academic programs.&rdquo; However, a new <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1-S7h1QdunnpSnfxtqPnWKxBqS-430WoQ\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> reveals a troubling reality: Harvard is making significant academic concessions to align with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).<\/p>\n<p>Strategy Risks,&nbsp;a consulting firm focusing on geopolitical risk analysis, published an <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1-S7h1QdunnpSnfxtqPnWKxBqS-430WoQ\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">analysis<\/a> titled, &ldquo;Beijing Exercises Strong Influence Over Multiple Areas of Harvard University.&rdquo; This report uncovers the alarming depth of the CCP&rsquo;s financial leverage and influence over Harvard for many years.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Since 2012, Harvard has received over $1.1 billion in foreign funding, with significant contributions from China. These gifts often come with &lsquo;strings attached,&rsquo;&rdquo; Melissa Chen, vice president of Strategy Risks, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MsMelChen\/status\/1914739756052676834\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> in an X.com post. The funding potentially compromises academic freedom and may &ldquo;lead to partnerships that present huge attack areas for espionage, intellectual property theft, and corruption.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The report identifies many examples of how Harvard&rsquo;s academic freedom and research have been compromised because of funding from China. For instance, a 2020 Harvard study titled &ldquo;Understanding CCP Resilience,&rdquo; claimed that the &ldquo;Chinese public&rdquo; was satisfied with Xi Jinping&rsquo;s anti-corruption campaign and &ldquo;that things were moving in the right direction.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>The Chan School&rsquo;s CCP Ties<\/h2>\n<p>The report brought to light a particularly concerning instance involving the Harvard T. Chan School for Public Health (Chan School), which is named after Hong Kong real estate tycoon Ronnie Chan. The Chan family and their foundation made a substantial donation of $350 million in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Harvard should have carefully weighed the implications of accepting this donation, as Ronnie Chan has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/article\/columbia-hosts-hong-kong-billionaire-deep-ties-ccp\/26975\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deep connections<\/a> with the CCP. He&rsquo;s a staunch supporter of Hong Kong&rsquo;s former Chief Executive Carrie Lam, whose attempt to pass a controversial extradition bill ignited <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/06\/14\/million-person-protests-beijing-hong-kong-warrant-response-trump\/#.XQPf3WaLX6I.twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">massive pro-democracy protests<\/a> in Hong Kong in 2019. The U.S. government later sanctioned Lam for cracking down on Hong Kong protestors.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Chan holds the position of governor at the China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF), an organization that operates as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-a-liberal-think-tank-did-chinas-bidding-on-climate-change\/\" title=\"How a Liberal Think Tank Did ...\u2019s Bidding on Climate ...ge\">registered foreign agent<\/a> of Communist China under the U.S. Foreign Agent Registration Act. CUSEF is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/organization\/china-u-s-exchange-foundation-cusef\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">funded<\/a> by the United Front, a covert propaganda entity of the CCP. Chan is also a <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/ex-china-official-a-top-donor-to-d-c-think-tank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">top donor<\/a> to the Peterson Institute for International Economics based in Washington, D.C. Through strategic donations to prestigious institutions and numerous public lectures in the U.S., Chan is playing a crucial role in shaping pro-CCP narratives and influencing public sentiment in favor of the regime.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, the Chan School established the China Health Partnership (HCHP) in collaboration with several Chinese institutions to train Chinese government officials. The Strategy Risks report revealed that officials from the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) attended training sessions in 2019 and 2023. This finding is significant because the XPCC is a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">notorious paramilitary organization directly controlled<\/a> by the CCP in Xinjiang.<\/p>\n<p>The XPCC has two main divisions: a military branch responsible for defending borders and law enforcement, and a production division that functions as a state-owned enterprise, producing a range of goods from cotton to energy. The military arm of the XPCC plays a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MsMelChen\/status\/1914739766752321659\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">crucial role<\/a> in enforcing the CCP&rsquo;s oppressive policies against Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minorities. This includes extensive surveillance, internment, forced sterilization, and acts of cultural genocide. Furthermore, the production arm of the XPCC is <a href=\"https:\/\/r.search.yahoo.com\/_ylt=AwriruWXbAlo_AEAluZXNyoA%3B_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzIEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny\/RV=2\/RE=1746657688\/RO=10\/RU=https:\/www.lawcommentary.com\/articles\/us-bans-cotton-products-from-chinese-firm-xpcc-due-to-allegations-of-slave-labor\/RK=2\/RS=8cG9yY_41tAwXUP1MwbyfdZS8sE-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">known<\/a> to employ enslaved laborers.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, the U.S. government imposed <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/sm1073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sanctions<\/a> on the XPCC and its officials due to human rights violations against Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang. That same year, the U.S. Congress passed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/116\/plaws\/publ145\/PLAW-116publ145.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Uyghur Human Rights Act<\/a>, which was subsequently signed into law by President Donald Trump. Two years later, the U.S. enacted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/uflpa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act<\/a> (UFLPA), which prohibits the importation of goods produced, wholly or in part, with forced labor, primarily from Xinjiang. The Strategy Risks report concludes that by inviting XPCC officials to the Chan School&rsquo;s healthcare training as recently as 2023, Harvard might have violated U.S. government sanctions and laws, or &ldquo;at the very least, it raises important questions about Harvard&rsquo;s judgement, and Harvard&rsquo;s compliance programs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Chen <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MsMelChen\/status\/1914739778060181765\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pointed out<\/a> Harvard&rsquo;s hypocrisy on X.com: &ldquo;this is an elite institution that has spent decades posturing itself as a paragon of progressive values and a stalwart of social justice refusing to reckon with the moral implications of willingly training members of the XPCC, an organization that is antithetical to everything that social justice purportedly stands for.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Student Protests<\/h2>\n<p>Furthermore, Harvard&rsquo;s hypocrisy is glaringly apparent in the inconsistent way its administrators have handled student protests. Following the horrific attacks by Hamas on October 7, 2023, the university&rsquo;s response to the harassment faced by Jewish students from pro-Palestinian protesters has been alarmingly <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/harvard-failed-jewish-students-face-antisemitism-lawsuit-judge\/story?id=112642274\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slow and inadequate<\/a>. Meanwhile, the school&rsquo;s former president, Claudine Gay, attempted to<a href=\"https:\/\/auchincloss.house.gov\/media\/in-the-news\/democrats-mock-harvard-president-for-citing-commitment-to-free-speech-during-anti-semitism-hearing-harvard-ranks-last-on-free-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> justify<\/a> the university&rsquo;s insufficient response by citing a commitment to free speech.<\/p>\n<p>In stark contrast, when a few students briefly interrupted a talk by Chinese Ambassador Xie Feng at the Harvard Kennedy School in April 2024, the university took swift action by placing three students on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phayul.com\/2024\/10\/23\/51151\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disciplinary probation<\/a> for three days. Harvard even issued an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefire.org\/news\/baffling-decision-harvard-excuses-violence-against-student-briefly-disrupting-chinese\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">apology<\/a> to the Chinese student who physically removed a protester, another Chinese student named Cosette Wu, from the conference. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., chairman of the House Select Committee on the CCP, <a href=\"https:\/\/selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov\/media\/investigations\/harvard-failed-stand-ccp-influence-campus-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">criticized<\/a> the incident as &ldquo;yet another example of Harvard&rsquo;s appallingly unequal treatment of protesters based on the speech they support.&rdquo; Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., <a href=\"https:\/\/selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov\/media\/investigations\/harvard-failed-stand-ccp-influence-campus-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> that &ldquo;Harvard has proven to be completely corrupted by adversarial foreign influence.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harvard&rsquo;s decision to sue the Trump administration is misguided and counterproductive. The university may have intended to position itself as a defender of academic freedom; however, this lawsuit has opened the door to intense scrutiny of its funding sources, particularly from abroad. As this lawsuit continues, more negative information about Harvard is likely to come to light. Many Americans are becoming increasingly outraged over China&rsquo;s significant financial influence on our nation&rsquo;s elite institutions, which may lead to greater support for the Trump administration&rsquo;s efforts to cut federal funding to Harvard. In the eyes of the public, Harvard has already lost credibility.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p>      Helen Raleigh, CFA, is an American entrepreneur, writer, and speaker. She&#8217;s a senior contributor at The Federalist. Her writings appear in other national media, including The Wall Street Journal and Fox News.  Helen is the author of several books, including &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Confucius-Never-Said-Helen-Raleigh\/dp\/1499185278\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=Helen+Raleigh+Confucius+Never+Said&amp;qid=1606079469&amp;sr=8-1\">Confucius Never Said<\/a>&#8221; and &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Backlash-How-Chinas-Aggression-Backfired\/dp\/1736008501\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1606006113&amp;sr=8-1\">Backlash: How Communist China&#8217;s Aggression Has Backfired<\/a>.&#8221; Her latest book is the 2nd edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Broken-Welcome-Mat-unAmerican-immigration-ebook\/dp\/B0C44QSPJ9\/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3HFXEVT236ZRW&amp;keywords=The+Broken+welcome+mat+book&amp;qid=1683127487&amp;sprefix=the+broken+welcome+mat+book%2Caps%2C135&amp;sr=8-3\">&ldquo;The Broken Welcome Mat: America&rsquo;s UnAmerican immigration policy, and how we should fix it.&rdquo;<\/a>   Follow her on Parler and Twitter: @HRaleighspeaks.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harvard claims independence from government control, yet a report shows it is compromising academic integrity to align with the CCP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":536,"featured_media":2428236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1280px-Harvard_Yard_Harvard_University-e1745530109401.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[42513,51019,32311,6240,32189],"class_list":["post-2428235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-academic-freedom","tag-ccp-2","tag-free-speech","tag-harvard","tag-higher-education"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1280px-Harvard_Yard_Harvard_University-e1745530109401.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/536"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2428235"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2428243,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428235\/revisions\/2428243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2428236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2428235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2428235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2428235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}