FIRST ON FOX: Harvard allegedly failed to adequately safeguard research collaborations with Chinese institutions, including universities tied to Beijing’s military and defense-industrial base, according to a report from the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party.Researchers affiliated with the New England Ivy League co-authored more than 140 publications with other researchers affiliated with a group of Chinese universities, according to the report reviewed by Fox News Digital ahead of its public release.The "Seven Sons of National Defense" are a group of Chinese universities identified by the Pentagon and other U.S.officials as central to China’s defense research and military modernization efforts.
The House Committee created to crackdown on China argues Harvard’s approach to research security opened the door for collaborations that could advance technological and military capabilities of the hostile nation.Harvard also reported received more than $600 million from China under the federal Section 117 foreign-gift disclosure system — more than any other American university, according to the Education Department dashboard cited in the report.The committee argues the U.S.
university's financial ties to China heighten the need for strict oversight of its research partnerships and foreign-funding disclosures.Banners hanging from Memorial Church on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, on Tuesday, May 27, 2025.(Sophie Park/Bloomberg via Getty Images)HARVARD TOPS NATION IN FOREIGN CASH HAUL AS COTTON DEMANDS PROBE INTO CHINA FUNDINGThe stakes in the latest report extend far beyond Harvard.
U.S.officials have warned for years that China uses academic partnerships and access to Western research to advance CCP strategic capabilities in military, surveillance and other areas.The House Select Committee on China argues that universities receiving U.S.
taxpayer funding must do more than meet the narrowest legal requirements whe...