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IS ACADEMIC FREEDOM THREATENED BY CHINA’S
INFLUENCE ON U.S. UNIVERSITIES?
HEARING
BEFORE THE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON AFRICA, GLOBAL HEALTH,
GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS, AND
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES
ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
JUNE 25, 2015
Serial No. 114–87
Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
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COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
EDWARD R. ROYCE, California,
Chairman
CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey
ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN,
Florida
DANA ROHRABACHER,
California
STEVE CHABOT, Ohio
JOE WILSON, South Carolina
MICHAEL T. M
C
CAUL, Texas
TED POE, Texas
MATT SALMON, Arizona
DARRELL E. ISSA, California
TOM MARINO, Pennsylvania
JEFF DUNCAN, South Carolina
MO BROOKS, Alabama
PAUL COOK, California
RANDY K. WEBER SR., Texas
SCOTT PERRY, Pennsylvania
RON D
E
SANTIS, Florida
MARK MEADOWS,
North Carolina
TED S. YOHO, Florida
CURT CLAWSON, Florida
SCOTT D
ES
JARLAIS, Tennessee
REID J. RIBBLE, Wisconsin
DAVID A. TROTT, Michigan
LEE M. ZELDIN,
New York
DANIEL DONOVAN, New York
ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York
BRAD SHERMAN, California
GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York
ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey
GERALD E. CONNOLLY, Virginia
THEODORE E. DEUTCH, Florida
BRIAN HIGGINS, New York
KAREN BASS, California
WILLIAM KEATING, Massachusetts
DAVID CICILLINE, Rhode Island
ALAN GRAYSON, Florida
AMI BERA, California
ALAN S. LOWENTHAL, California
GRACE MENG, New York
LOIS FRANKEL, Florida
TULSI GABBARD, Hawaii
JOAQUIN CASTRO, Texas
ROBIN L. KELLY, Illinois
BRENDAN F. BOYLE, Pennsylvania
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Chief of Staff
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Staff Director
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Democratic Staff Director
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CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey,
Chairman
MARK MEADOWS, North Carolina
CURT CLAWSON, Florida
SCOTT D
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JARLAIS, Tennessee
DANIEL DONOVAN, New York
KAREN BASS, California
DAVID CICILLINE, Rhode Island
AMI BERA, California
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C O N T E N T S
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WITNESSES
Mr. Jeffrey S. Lehman,
vice chancellor, New York University-Shanghai ...........
10
Ms. Susan V. Lawrence, Specialist in Asian Affairs, Congressional Research
Service ...................................................................................................................
23
Mr. Robert Daly, director, Kissinger Institute on China and the U.S., Wood-
row Wilson International Center for Scholars ...................................................
32
Mirta M. Martin, Ph.D., president, Fort Hays State University .........................
43
Ms. Yaxue Cao, founder and editor, China Change ..............................................
61
LETTERS, STATEMENTS, ETC.,
SUBMITTED FOR THE HEARING
Mr. Jeffrey S. Lehman: Prepared statement .........................................................
14
Ms. Susan V. Lawrence: Prepared statement .......................................................
26
Mr. Robert Daly: Prepared statement ....................................................................
36
Mirta M. Martin, Ph.D.: Prepared statement .......................................................
47
Ms. Yaxue Cao: Prepared statement ......................................................................
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APPENDIX
Hearing notice ..........................................................................................................
98
Hearing minutes ......................................................................................................
99
The Honorable Dana Rohrabacher, a Representative in Congress from the
State of California: Letter submitted for the record .........................................
100
Mr. Jeffrey S. Lehman: Appendices to testimony .................................................
102
The Honorable Christopher H. Smith, a Representative in Congress from
the State of New Jersey, and chairman, Subcommittee on Africa, Global
Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations: Statement
of Dr. Dawood Farahi ..........................................................................................
106
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