{"id":2620179,"date":"2026-06-27T22:43:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T02:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taxpayer-dollars-may-have-funded-education-of-ccp-assets-report-reveals\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T22:45:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T02:45:30","slug":"taxpayer-dollars-may-have-funded-education-of-ccp-assets-report-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taxpayer-dollars-may-have-funded-education-of-ccp-assets-report-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"Taxpayer Dollars May Have Funded Education Of CCP Assets, Report Reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Ftaxpayer-dollars-may-have-funded-education-of-ccp-assets-report-reveals%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=2620179&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>A news article reports that Missouri State University (MSU) operated an MBA program that trained over 1,500 individuals from Chinese state-owned enterprises and government agencies, including those involved in the defense industry, by 2018. The program received important taxpayer funding, though MSU denies any public money was used. The report highlights that many graduates, such as personnel from China\u2019s major aviation and defense conglomerate AVIC, advanced to influential roles, wiht some reaching senior leadership positions. Chinese government control over admissions and the program\u2019s focus on credentialing rather than content are noted. The program began in 2001, initiated by Chinese authorities seeking to train Communist Party managers. Several graduates are linked to industries involved in China\u2019s military buildout and surveillance technology.The article also mentions ongoing cooperation between MSU and Chinese universities, and scrutinizes the program\u2019s potential strategic implications and clarity concerns.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A public university has been operating an MBA pipeline to roles in China\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-green-commerce-nominee-should-commit-to-keeping-huawai-on-blacklist\/\" title=\"Rep. Green: Commerce Nominee Should Commit to Keeping Huawai on Blacklist\">state-owned enterprise<\/a> and government bodies, a recent Strategy Risks report shows.<\/p>\n<p>Missouri State University (MSU) \u201ctrained more than 1,500 current and future managers for Chinese state-owned enterprises and government bodies,\u201d including the defense industry, through its MBA program by 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1AnFYKg2nDKc_xll7GuzSm5xlQtC99orj\/view\">according<\/a> to the report. MSU is a publicly funded institution, and Strategy Risks estimates U.S. taxpayer support for the program reached tens of millions of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>The estimation of taxpayer funding rests on the most detailed figures available, which appear in a recruiting presentation from the Chinese Agricultural University, according to the report. However, the report notes that the materials Strategy Risks found gave \u201cconflicting accounts of the program\u2019s finances.\u201d Public recruiting materials for the MBA program describe \u201cdifferent prices, subsidy arrangements, and responsible payers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are aware of the report released by Strategy Risks regarding Missouri State University. No taxpayer dollars were directed toward the program, as the report alleges but readily admits it cannot substantiate,\u201d an MSU spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>By 2015, 107 finance personnel from the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) system entities had completed the MSU MBA program, according to the report. AVIC is \u201cChina\u2019s primary state-owned aviation and defense conglomerate,\u201d which the Department of War designated as a \u201cCommunist Chinese military company\u201d in June 2020, and an Executive Order from the Trump administration \u201cprohibited Americans from holding securities in any company on that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2025\/01\/07\/2025-00070\/notice-of-availability-of-designation-of-chinese-military-companies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">list<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One graduate of the MSU MBA program became Party Secretary, Chairman, and Legal Representative for the AVIC International<br \/> Financial Leasing Co., according to the report. He was already working for the company as a senior manager when he completed his MBA in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>AVIC is a key weapons exporter, and over the past 20 years, it has thrived \u201cat the center of China\u2019s military aviation buildout,\u201d and is \u201ca participant in defense-industrial networks linked to major international conflicts and human rights abuses,\u201d the report indicated.<\/p>\n<p>AVIC trainees enrolled at MSU seem to have studied \u201ca conventional business curriculum,\u201d per the report. However, AVIC valued the program more for credentialing purposes than for the actual classroom content.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the report further acknowledges, the students studied a \u2018conventional business curriculum\u2019 with no evidence of espionage, intellectual property theft, misconduct, false affiliations or complaints of harassment. Students admitted to the program were required to comply with all student visa regulations administered by the U.S. State Department,\u201d the spokesperson from MSU told the DCNF.<\/p>\n<p>Other graduates went on to senior roles in China\u2019s \u201cstrategic supply chains and surveillance-technology sector,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese Communist Party controlled the admission process for the MSU MBA program, according to the report. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >report notes recruiting materials<\/a> which required candidates to be formal CCP members cleared for travel overseas. CCP institutes built cohorts, sponsored each candidate and prepared them for the program.<\/p>\n<p>This MSU MBA project began in 1999, when leadership of the Chinese party-state\u2019s State Economic and Trade Commission (SETC) came to the U.S. searching for MBA programs that could train Communist party managers, according to the report. The program at MSU launched in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>A 2010 graduate of the program served as director and vice president of a leading Chinese artificial intelligence and voice-recognition company, which the U.S. Commerce Department placed on the Entity List in 2019 \u201cfor supplying voiceprint and voice-recognition technology to Xinjiang security bureaus as part of China\u2019s mass surveillance system targeting Uyghurs and other Muslim<br \/> minorities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jim Baker, MSU\u2019s then-Vice President, received the Chinese \u201cFriendship Award\u201d in 2012, according to the report. The \u201cFriendship Award\u201d is used \u201cto cultivate foreign nationals who advance Chinese state interests, and that recipients in such networks \u2018unequivocally serve national party goals.\u2019\u201d Baker visited China over 100 times on behalf of MSU.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese university websites were still promoting the program as recent as July 2024, the report found.<\/p>\n<p>The MSU MBA program has a partnership with Liaoning Normal University in China which was established with \u201cformal approval from the Chinese Ministry of Education and the MSU Board of Governors\u201d in 2000, and is still in operation. 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