Nearly $170M in contracts and gifts flowed to U.S. universities from China in 2021 | The College Fix

Nearly $170M in contracts and gifts flowed to U.S. universities from China in 2021 | The College Fix link

• Interests based in China contributed over $168 million to 46 American colleges and universities during a six-month period in 2021, according to data compiled by The College Fix.
  
• The Department of Education Foreign Gift Reporting database lists over 200 donations from China to U.S. institutions of higher education between January 1 to July 1. The donations were made in the form of contracts, gifts and “restricted gifts.”

“...Is it worth it to invite the Dalai Lama or a Taiwanese diplomat to speak if it could harm the relationship? Universities might very well conclude it’s not.”
In 2020, the Education Department found $6.5 billion in previously unreported foreign money that flowed to U.S. colleges and universities..."