From the Harvard Crimson: House Republicans published a sweeping report... accusing Harvard of failing to protect national security interests through repeated academic collaborations with China. The 53-page report — released jointly by the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party and the Education and Workforce Committee — is the product of a 15-month investigation into Harvard’s ties to China and the CCP. It slams Harvard’s research compliance program as “devoid of substance” and claims the University enabled a long history of research relationships with China that put sensitive military technology at risk. Though some of its findings rehash previous investigations, the report makes a broader case against the University’s protocols for monitoring foreign entanglements, based on interviews with top Harvard officials and a review of thousands of documents shared with the committee by Harvard...
A Harvard spokesperson pushed back against the report’s findings, saying the University “follows national security standards and guidance set by the federal government for its international collaborations.” ...
[The report is] the latest episode in a renewed effort by the federal government to scrutinize Harvard’s foreign entanglements. The Department of Justice is currently investigating whether the University’s acceptance of “Chinese-linked” financial aid gifts violated civil rights law and the Trump administration has long pointed to Harvard’s ties to China to justify its campaign against international students...
Full story at https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/8/18/house-republicans-harvard-china-report/.
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