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Witnesses warn universities’ research ties and renamed Confucius Institutes can be vectors for Chinese influence and technology transfer
Summary
Panelists testified that PRC research partnerships, rebranded Confucius Institutes and informal agreements at U.S. universities can create pathways for Beijing to access research outputs and intellectual property, and they urged federal oversight of research agreements and restrictions on certain partnerships.
Witnesses told the committee that academic exchanges and research partnerships with Chinese institutions can be exploited to advance the PRC’s military‑civil fusion and technology acquisition goals.
Craig Singleton and Dr. Michael Pillsbury described how research agreements sometimes include clauses that give foreign partners preferential access to discoveries. Pillsbury said he learned from FBI reports that some universities…
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