Eastern Michigan University said on May 28 that it will end teaching partnerships with China’s Guangxi University (GU) and Beibu Gulf University (BGU).
Eastern Michigan said its decision to terminate the partnerships stems from a Feb. 18 letter sent to the university by Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.), chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee.
Moolenaar commended the university’s decision in a June 3 statement.
“I’m proud to see that Eastern Michigan University has ended their partnerships with these two Chinese universities,” he stated. “University affiliations with CCP collaborators pose a direct threat to U.S. research and technology. The CCP is committed to exploiting our economic and national security and partnerships like these give them direct access to do so.”…