POLITICS

A Sanctioned Chinese Entity Finds a Friend in Harvard. Plus, Trump Moves To Unmask Foreign Nationals Funding US Universities.

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A different kind of sanctions relief: Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health partnered with China’s national health insurer in 2019 to offer an annual “training course on health financing.” Included in the inaugural training were officials from the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), a state-run “paramilitary group.” The United States sanctioned the XPCC

Trump Pledges to Bring Columbus Day Back ‘From the Ashes’

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Columbus Day was previously commemorated alongside Indigenous People’s Day under former President Joe Biden’s administration. President Donald Trump said on April 27 that he would bring Columbus Day back “from the ashes,” as he accused the Democrats of tarnishing the reputation of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus. Columbus Day is a federal holiday in the United

US Universities Don’t Like Unmasking Their Foreign Donors. A New Trump Order Aims To Make Them.

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For decades, federal law has required U.S. universities to disclose the sources of large foreign donations to the federal government. But the Biden administration sparsely enforced the law, allowing foreign nationals from adversarial countries to funnel cash to top American schools and stay anonymous. In some cases, it’s unclear whether the schools themselves are keeping

Harvard Quietly Trained Members of Chinese ‘Paramilitary Organization’—After the US Sanctioned It Over Uyghur Genocide

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‘Training the XPCC risked complicity in Beijing’s atrocities against Uyghurs and other ethno-religious minorities,’ foreign policy expert says L: Xi Jinping (Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images) R: Harvard University (Scott Eisen/Getty Images) Harvard University quietly trained members of a Chinese “paramilitary organization” on two occasions after the U.S. government sanctioned the group for its role