WTH: Chinese Spies Have Infiltrated Stanford. The Stanford Review’s Elsa Johnson and Garret Molloy Explain

China’s Ministry of State Security has infiltrated and is
conducting espionage at all levels of Stanford University. By
law, all Chinese nationals are required to report back to the
Chinese Communist Party on their research and daily activities
when asked. Sometimes this spying is voluntary and conducted by
those who wish to see America fall behind in the global tech
race. Other times, Chinese nationals are coerced into spying on
their school, friends, and teachers through transnational
repression. How can universities and Congress work together to
prevent Chinese espionage? And how is the Chinese government
buying influence in American universities and American society
writ large?


Elsa Johnson is the managing editor of the Stanford Review and a
sophomore studying international relations and East Asian
studies.


Garret Molloy is a staff writer and the business manager of the
Stanford Review. He is a sophomore studying Hayek, economic
history, and libertarian thought.


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