SECURITY_ Universities failed to disclose spending details for millions in Chinese funds, report shows

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Universities failed to disclose spending details for millions in Chinese funds, report shows

Gifts, contracts from Beijing grew sharply from 2022 to 2024, Education Department data show

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By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times - Friday, October 24, 2025


China provided more than $530 million to top-ranked American universities in recent years, but the schools failed to disclose how the funds were spent, prompting concerns about foreign influence, according to an open-source intelligence report.

According to the report, New York University, the largest recipient of Chinese funds, received $198 million from 2022 to 2024 and reported to the federal government details on how only $360,000 was spent.

Beijing paid other schools tens of millions of dollars from 2022 to 2024. Education Department data showed that the major recipients included Stanford University ($50 million), Yale University ($35 million) and Duke University ($37 million).

Most of the schools failed to provide details on how the money was spent, raising concerns that the funds are intended to buy influence at U.S. universities, including among professors and students.

Stanford disclosed in reports to the Education Department how $5.9 million of its Chinese money was spent, Yale provided details on $9.8 million, and Duke reported on $1.6 million of its Chinese funds.

The report by Data Abyss, a China-focused research firm, said the lack of transparency highlights what critics call Chinese “elite capture,” or the use of money to influence intelligentsia, American professors, researchers and students to support Beijing’s political, economic and technology goals.

The report is based on newly released data required under Section 117 of the 1965 Higher Education Act.

The law requires all universities that receive federal funding to disclose foreign payments of more than $250,000.

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