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Waking up to China’s infiltration of American colleges
- yesenadam 9y agoReading that reminded me how I felt some years ago to learn that a United States Studies Centre was to be opened at Sydney Uni.
- L_226 9y agoIndeed, but the US are our 'allies'. http://www.smh.com.au/national/chinese-spies-at-sydney-university-20140420-36ywk.html http://www.smh.com.au/national/chinese-spies-at-sydney-unive...
- yesenadam 9y agoThanks for that, interesting. Gee, that sounds awful. Well, it reminded me of the 'cultural' propaganda work the CIA did in the mid-to-late 20th C—the Congress for Cultural Freedom etc.
- peteretep 9y agoThere's a _lot_ of aspersions cast here with almost no substance. I've no love for PRC, but how is this meant to be any different from The British Council, rich countries' aid programs, and so on?
- bassman9000 9y agoThe United Kingdom is an allied Western democracy.
- peteretep 9y agoNot to most of the countries where there's a British Council branch.
- samspenc 9y agoPerhaps this article (linked from the OP) can add more context: https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2018/02/05/rubio-florida-schools-should-end-chinese-funded-education-partnerships-235062 https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2018/02/05/rub...
- siruncledrew 9y agoImagine Congress fearing that a Chinese kid dressed in Supreme with a GT-R is a secret agent for spreading Communism to America.
- gruez 9y ago>for spreading Communism to America. if anything, china is more capitalist than us, at least when it comes to (the lack of) regulations.
- toomanybeersies 9y agoThey have regulations, they are just selectively enforced.
- beegeezuz 9y agoThe Chinese, The Russians... spies, spies everywhere!