"The Select Committee's conduct betrays a troubling overreach, where a congressional panel with neither lawmaking nor regulatory authority is able to stifle academic freedom and shut down exchange programs at will."
"Describing Chinese students as a 'Trojan horse,' the Select Committee pressured Purdue University to stunningly ban admitting any graduate students from China."
"US-China competition is here to stay, and real national security concerns exist, but the committee's focus on bullying American universities and businesses raises questions about whose interests it serves."
"In Washington today, it is nearly impossible to find an issue that Democrats and Republicans agree on, except for a hawkish reaction to China's rise as a peer competitor."
In January, a planned academic exchange with China was canceled by Congress due to allegations against the funding partner, the China-US Exchange Foundation. The House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition pressured Columbia University to end the exchange, reflecting a broader trend of universities and businesses being coerced into halting beneficial collaborations with China. The committee's actions raise concerns about overreach and the stifling of academic freedom, questioning the motivations behind its anti-China stance amidst ongoing US-China competition.
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