CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY

Congressman demands Columbia end ties with CCP-linked exchange group

The Chairman of the House Select Committee on China sent a letter to Columbia University President Claire Shipman d…

By Michael Duke '26
Nov 13, 2025

Wuhan Ph.D. student pleads no contest to smuggling roundworm bio‑material to Michigan lab

A Chinese national has pleaded guilty to smuggling biological materials into the United States and making false sta…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Aug 26, 2025

Harvard under House probe for ‘close’ ties with Chinese Communist Party entities

A congressional inquiry is underway into Harvard University’s alleged connections with entities affiliated with the…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Jul 31, 2025

Rick Scott bill would cap foreign student visas, prioritize U.S. applicants

Sen. Rick Scott has proposed legislation to put a cap on student visas and promote American citizens at U.S. colleg…

By Michael Duke '26
Jul 16, 2025

House committee demands colleges cut ties with Chinese government scholarship program

The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party has sent letters to seven universities pushing them to ce…

By Brendan McDonald '25
Jul 14, 2025

Lawmakers probe University of Michigan lab and professors connected to Chinese ‘agroterrorism’

GOP members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and the House Committee on Science, Space and Tec…

By Michael Duke '26
Jun 24, 2025

University of Michigan reviews research protocols after arrests of Chinese nationals linked to bioweapons

The University of Michigan is reviewing its research policies after three Chinese nationals were arrested for alleg…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Jun 16, 2025

Harvard commencement student speaker linked to CCP-backed group

A student speaker at Harvard University’s 2025 commencement ceremony previously worked for an organization affiliat…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Jun 9, 2025

Hong Kong university invites Harvard foreign students after Trump visa ban

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has extended an 'open invitation' to foreign students fr…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Jun 9, 2025

Chinese University of Michigan researcher charged with plotting to spread 'agroterrorism weapon'

Two Chinese citizens have been charged with attempting to smuggle a bioweapon into the United States through one of…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Jun 4, 2025

Rubio announces intent to 'aggressively' pull Chinese student visas

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that visas for Chinese students will be 'aggressively' revoked.

By Will Biagini
May 29, 2025

Education Department investigates UC Berkeley over reported foreign funding disclosure failures

UC Berkeley reportedly received millions in funding from Chinese sources, including a government-owned company, Chi…

By Patrick McDonald '26
May 23, 2025

CCP agent posed as Stanford student to access research, report says

An agent affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) attempted to infiltrate research being conducted at Stan…

By Patrick McDonald '26
May 16, 2025

Education Department announces probe into UC Berkeley for undisclosed foreign funding

The U.S. Department of Education has announced an investigation into the University of California, Berkeley for fa…

By Brendan McDonald '25
May 8, 2025

New bill targets private universities' financial ties to China and Iran

Congressman Burgess Owens of Utah has reintroduced a bill that would require private universities to disclose any i…

By Benjamin Brown '26
Feb 13, 2025

Universities failed to disclose Chinese donations and spent millions on DEI, Open The Books reports

A nonprofit aimed at transparency says that major public universities have not properly disclosed millions, and pot…

By Campus Reform
Jan 24, 2025

UMich cuts ties with Chinese school over security concerns: WATCH

Campus Reform Reporter Michael Duke applauded the University of Michigan's decision, calling foreign influence over…

By Campus Reform
Jan 24, 2025

Former Kansas prof seeks reinstatement after overturned Chinese espionage conviction

A former University of Kansas chemistry professor has sued the institution in an attempt to be reinstated after he …

By Campus Reform
Jan 16, 2025

Congressman calls on U.S. schools to follow suit after University of Michigan ends Chinese partnership

The University of Michigan is discontinuing its partnership with Shanghai Jiao Tong University, a relationship that…

By Campus Reform
Jan 13, 2025

Scholars with ties to the Chinese Communist Party received U.S. taxpayer dollars, report finds

The programs in question are focused on ‘steal[ing] foreign technologies needed to advance China’s national, milita…

By Elad Vaida
Dec 20, 2024

‘DARK MONEY’: Energy nonprofit with ties to Communist China invested $630,000 to push for environmentalism in American universities

The group’s investment has been criticized as ‘dark money.’

By Elad Vaida
Dec 17, 2024

Columbia hosts Hong Kong billionaire with deep ties to CCP

Columbia University recently hosted a billionaire from Hong Kong who has strong ties to the Chinese Communist Party…

By Campus Reform
Dec 5, 2024

House China committee urges University of Michigan to end partnership over national security threats

The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party is urging the University of Michigan to terminate its par…

By Jacob Beckwith '26
Nov 8, 2024

Documents show Harvard dean issued apology to Chinese student who forcibly removed CCP protester

A Harvard student who confronted a CCP has been placed on disciplinary probation, while another student who forcibl…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Oct 24, 2024

Michigan GOP lawmakers pen letters to UMich, Gov. Whitmer over recent Chinese spying

The lawmakers sent a string of letters to the University of Michigan and Governor Gretchen Whitmer, demanding that …

By Savva Archakov '26
Oct 18, 2024

Five Chinese graduates of UMich were caught spying on US military base, FBI finds

The students were charged with ‘[f]alse statements, conspiracy, [and] [d]estruction, alteration, or falsification o…

By Jacob Beckwith '26
Oct 12, 2024

Florida Professor sues over law aimed at stopping Chinese Communist influence in universities

The lawsuit alleges that the law ‘violates federal law by presumptively prohibiting the academic employment in Flor…

By Alexia Bianchi '22
Apr 9, 2024

China is ‘biggest threat to international students and scholars’ in US, report finds

‘The biggest threat to international students and scholars studying and working in the United States is the governm…

By Pedro Rodriguez '26
Feb 14, 2024

CCP doubles down on influence in K-12 education following US crackdown on Confucius Institutes

Though the majority of CCP-sponsored Confucius Institutes in the United States have closed down, many K-12 Confuciu…

By Will Biagini
Sep 27, 2023

THE SCROLL: Canadian MP warns US Congress of CCP threat on campuses

Michael Chong described the situation as a 'pervasive threat' to universities.

By Campus Reform
Sep 13, 2023

ANALYSIS: Ending the China Initiative adds to the growing skepticism about Biden's dedication to national security

Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen attributed discrimination against Asian Americans as the first reason for …

By Jared Gould
Aug 3, 2023

Harvard chemistry professor sentenced for lying about ties to CCP

Former Harvard University Chemistry Department Chair Charles M. Lieber was sentenced Wednesday to time served and o…

By Gabrielle M. Etzel
Apr 27, 2023

'Must act now': Conservative lawmakers call for transparency on foreign funding in higher ed

The House Committee on Education and the Workforce sent a letter to Department of Education (DOEd) Secretary Miguel…

By Gabrielle M. Etzel
Apr 6, 2023

Prof praises CCP leaders, dismisses Uyghur Muslim crisis as Australian propaganda

A Professor of History at New Mexico State University appeared on the YouTube channel 'Friends of Socialist China' …

By Thomas Stevenson '23
Mar 27, 2023

WATCH: Florida universities under-reporting DEI spending

Campus Reform Correspondent Emily Sturge reports on professors breaking silence about the Chinese Communist Party (…

By Emily Sturge
Feb 25, 2023