From the article: "The university insists that Mr. Chen’s law school fellowship was always meant to be for one year, and those who have worked closely with him

From the article: "The university insists that Mr. Chen’s law school fellowship was always meant to be for one year, and those who have worked closely with him in recent months said he understood the time limitations of a financial arrangement that even Mr. Chen acknowledged was extremely generous. The fellowship’s end, Mr. Beckman said, “had nothing to do with the Chinese government — all fellowships come to an end.” It was a fellowship with a finite duration set out beforehand. Not apologizing for the PRC government but this smacks of journalistic sensationalism about nothing.