How China became the biggest liability of Harvard – and Trump, Maga’s latest battleground
The Homeland Security Department has canceled the certification of Harvard University to enroll foreign students, which belongs to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and a toxic campus climate of antisementism and terrorist conduct. The decision by Homeland’s Security Secretary Christie Nom on Wednesday said a rapid word, which promotes an unsafe environment for Jewish students and dissatisfaction, leaving the stalwart company of the Ivian League of “Coordination with the Chinese Communist Party”.“The administration is blaming Harvard for violence, promoting antisemiamism and coordination with the CCP in his premises,” the announcement was made by Secretary Noim. “It is a privilege, not an right, to nominate foreign students for universities.”The move immediately thrown over 6,000 international students of Harvard, one quarter of which is a quarter of Chinese citizens-Limbo. Existing students will now face losing their legal status or lost in the United States.
why it matters
- Harvard’s expulsion from the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) is a surprising rebuke of a university that has long been seen as the summit of American higher education.
- This for the first time in modern memory is that DHS has taken away an elite institution of its ability to host foreign students-industries how CCP infiltration and allegations of campus violence have become flashpoints in wide American-China rivalry.
- The decision also indicates that the US government is taking an aggressive stance against Chinese influence in US education. Critics have accused Harvard of becoming a drain for Beijing’s military and paramilitary research relations, which is dowttel in Congress with a bipo-bound in the Congress to root out CCP-linked efforts to co-opt American institutions.
Big picture: China’s reach in campusThe background of this crisis is widespread of Harvard and critics say, harassing entangles with Beijing. Investigators found that Harvard’s partnership with CCP went far ahead with innocent academic support.Harvard hosted a paramilitary hand of CCP, Shinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) and hosted members of the members of the CCP nominated by US Treasury for his role in Uighur massacre. Despite that 2020 designation, Harvard recently continued to provide public health training to XPCC officials as 2024. These training is not just cultural exchange – they directly entangled a group into an internal, forced sterilization and other abuses of China’s Muslim minorities.John Molenar, chairman of the House Select Committee on China, made no words: “Harvard has isolated the trained members of an approved Chinese paramilitary group responsible for the massacre. These are not isolated incidents-they represent a disturbing pattern that puts us at risk.”House Inquiry also funded the Harvard Research Partnership by the Defense Department with Chinese military universities such as Hornsua and Jhejiang, even they work to strengthen the military capabilities of Beijing in universities aerospace and optics. In a project, Harvard researchers collaborated organ transplant studies with Chinese partners amid allegations of forced organ harvesting by CCP.A web of effect – and moneyFinancial relations between Harvard and China are equally important. Harvard has accepted more than $ 151 million from foreign governments since 2020, most of which are from Beijing. Ronnie, one of the university’s biggest donations, came in peace, a property tycoon associated with China -United States Exchange Foundation – an organization registered under the US law as a foreign principal, requiring transparency on lobbying work from China.For decades, these funds and participation were seen as a badge of Harvard’s global reputation. But in the eyes of Congress and Trump administration, they now look like Trojan horses: condensed for CCP influence on US earth.A White House official clearly stated: “For a very long time, Harvard allowed the Chinese Communist Party to take advantage of it. It closed one eye for CCP-directed harassment on CCP-directed harassment.”What are they saying
- Secretary Nom said that under the leadership of Harvard, “there was a lot of opportunity to do the right thing” but “denied” to follow the federal demands for information about the misconduct of foreign students. “Allow it to work as a warning for all universities,” he said.
- The Chairman Elis Stephanik was even more blunt: “We should ensure that no American institution enables the CCP’s military modernization or the ambitions of Iranian rule especially under the guise of academic exchange.”
- Meanwhile, in the premises, the reaction has been a mixture of fear and disregard. “Everyone comes here with the ideal of changing the world,” a Chinese graduate student in Harvard said, speaking anonymous to the New York Times. “But when I am trying to understand the world, the world excludes me.”
- In Beijing, the Chinese Embassy said, “Educational exchange and cooperation … should not be tarnished.” Online, the news shot at the top of social media trending lists in China, where some saw it as a last nail in a coffin of American universities.
between the linesHarvard’s cancellation comes amidst the US-China deciding-spanning trade, technology and now a wide wave of education. For decades, Chinese students saw a bridge between global learning peaks and two rival powers, walking in Harvard and other American universities. That bridge is falling.The case also highlights a new flashpoint in American domestic politics: how to balance academic freedom with national security. Harvard claims that disposal is a violation of free speech rights under the first amendment. Former Harvard President Larry Summers called it “the most serious attack on the university till date”.But Kracdown supporters see it as a long -standing, which they call “naive” or “greedy” entangles, which has allowed the CCP to uncontrollably on American complexes.Zoom in: Harvard’s Campus CrisisThe decision of Trump Administration comes after the growing alarms about the climate of Harvard campus, especially for Jewish students. A joint-government task force found that Jewish students suffered “comprehensive insults, physical attacks and intimidation”, while Pro-Hamas student groups flourished after 7 October attacks on Israel.“Harvard allowed the crime rate to skyrocketed, applied racist DEI practices, and accepted cash boats from foreign governments,” said DHS. The campus crime rate increased by 2022 to 2023, with 195% and 460% with dacoits.A particularly arrogant incident: A protector accused to assault a Jewish student was later selected as a class martial to start by Harvard Divineity School.What will happen nextHarvard on Friday sued the federal government for blocking the order, winning a temporary prohibition from a federal judge. But the legal and political battle is over, setting the June 2 deadline for internal documents with the House Selection Committee on China.“Harvard should be held accountable,” said Chairman Stephanik. “We demand full transparency and immediate cooperation with the Congress.”Some Chinese students, once eager to study in America, are reconsideration of their futures. “I want to return to China after graduation,” one told New York Times, for further visa restrictions and fear of discrimination.(With input from agencies)
