Harvard Champions Academic Freedom, But Yields To CCP

A new report reveals a troubling reality: Harvard is making academic concessions to align with the Chinese Communist Party .

Strategy Risks , a consulting firm focusing on geopolitical risk analysis, published an analysis titled, “ Beijing Exercises Strong Influence Over Multiple Areas of Harvard University ” The report identifies many examples of how Harvard ’s academic freedom and research have been compromised because of funding from China .

Harvard ’s response to the harassment faced by Jewish students from pro-Palestinian protesters has been alarmingly slow and inadequate.

The school's former president, Claudine Gay , attempted to justify the university’s insufficient response by citing a commitment to free speech.

In stark contrast, when a few students briefly interrupted a talk by Chinese Ambassador Xie Feng at the Harvard Kennedy School in April 2024 , the university took swift action.