School researching hypersonic weapons closes China-linked institute (Military Times)

School researching hypersonic weapons closes China-linked institute – By Zamone Perez (Military Times) / June 16, 2023

A university receiving a Defense Department grant to research hypersonic weapons has ended its relationship with a Chinese Communist Party-linked organization on its campus, the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party announced Thursday.

Alfred University, located in upstate New York, sent a letter to the committee, stating it had closed its Confucius Institute.

“I’m glad to see Alfred University finally doing the right thing and shutting down its Confucius Institute,” Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wisc.), who chairs the select committee, said in the statement. “But the Confucius Institute is only one tool in the CCP’s toolbox.”

“We’re going to continue to dig into the facts to make sure that no American taxpayer dollars are supporting research partnerships that the CCP can exploit for its own purposes,” he added.

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