Chinese institutions, including the Chinese government, secured $120 million in contracts with more than two dozen US universities in 2021.
'The Story' host Martha MacCallum discusses the potential for a Hunter Biden special counsel and her Fox Nation special on the possibility of China invading Taiwan as the Ukraine war continues.China-based entities, including the Chinese government, secured $120 million in contracts with American institutions entered into agreements ranging from $105,000 to $31 million with more than two dozen universities, a search of the College Foreign Gift and Contract Report database shows.
China, which has cozied up to higher education in the United States, enters into the agreements to"gain influence and spread its propaganda into the universities," Rep. "China's ultimate goal is to control education," the North Carolina congresswoman said."And once you control education, you control a culture."
Chris Stipes, the director of media relations for the University of Houston, told Fox News that the contract is between Houston and Dalian Maritime University in China. The two schools "The institute offers three undergraduate programs in mechanical engineering, civil engineering and electrical engineering," Stipes said."Students graduate with degrees from both UH and DMU."
Other universities reported contracts directly with China's government. The University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign shows five contracts totaling $26.5 million with the Chinese government.Meanwhile, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology reported the third-highest totals with China operations. According to the records, the institute hauled in $14 million in contracts with unknown China-based entities, although this money did not come from their government.
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