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Republicans Urge US Universities to Cut Ties with Chinese-Backed Scholarship Program

UNITED STATES, JUL 9 – Lawmakers investigate whether hundreds of Chinese graduate students at major U.S. universities aid China’s military-civil fusion through federally funded research, raising national security concerns.

  • House Republicans led by Rep. John Moolenaar are pressing seven U.S. universities to end their collaboration with the China Scholarship Council program by July 2025.
  • This push follows concerns that CSC, while presenting as a joint scholarship program, is a CCP-managed effort facilitating technology transfer that threatens U.S. national security.
  • Several schools, including Dartmouth and Notre Dame, have begun terminating their participation, while letters demanding detailed institutional records were sent to all seven universities.
  • The 2023-24 academic year saw over 270,000 Chinese students in the U.S., with CSC sponsoring hundreds annually, and a 2024 plan to sponsor up to 240 students at these institutions.
  • The call for ending partnerships implies tighter scrutiny of Chinese students in key fields, reflecting ongoing U.S. efforts since a 2020 Trump proclamation to curb technology diversion.
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Republican Rep. John Mueller of Michigan, chairman of the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, sent a letter this week to seven U.S. universities calling on them to end joint programs with the China Scholarship Council (CSC), which Mueller said is a "Chinese Communist Party-managed technology transfer effort that exploits U.S. institutions to directly support China's military …

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The Hamilton Spectator broke the news in Hamilton, Canada on Wednesday, July 9, 2025.
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