| Summary/Abstract |
Has America’s complex academic relationship with China
been a largely positive experience, or has it eroded our national security by enabling Chinese Communist academic espionage and influence operations to take root at US colleges
and universities? For almost forty years beginning in 1978,
US-China education links were widely considered a clear
benefit to both countries. Today, academic relationships
have become a focal point of the current crisis in US-China
relations. A web of suspicion has come down over Chinese
students and scholars in the United States, as well as Chinese
scientists and entrepreneurs. Some members of the Trump
administration have even talked about cancelling all Chinese student visas. This article focuses on Chinese students
and scholars in the United States. It examines the flashpoints
of academic espionage and China’s influence operations on
American campuses, looks at how American institutions are
responding, and closes with recommendations and reflections.
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