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Late last year, new research from @ASPI_org revealed that "many Chinese military scientists working on strategic research at Western universities have deliberately concealed their ties to the army" – aiding in efforts to obtain overseas visas.https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/01/western-universities-may-inadvertently-help-chinas-military-report.html …
And it's not just China. A recent Russian graduate student from American University was charged with conspiring to act as a foreign agent after attempting to gain access to "gun-rights activists and influential conservatives."https://www.propublica.org/article/why-russian-spies-really-like-american-universities …
Sen. Hawley warned that our universities are "key targets of espionage and intellectual property theft" and that “for too long, these countries have sent students...to collect sensitive research that they can later use to develop capabilities that threaten our national security."
The "Protect Our Universities Act" provides a critical safeguard requiring research students from these nations to undergo a background screening to take part in “sensitive research projects," and prohibits the use of tech developed by companies like Huawei, ZTE, and Kaspersky.
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