Missouri State University trained more than 1,500 Chinese government and state-owned enterprise personnel through its MBA programs. Some graduates later held senior roles in China's defense industry. 🧵
NEW INVESTIGATION: Yale Scholars, Xinjiang, and China’s Influence Operations
A new Strategy Risks investigation examines how two longtime Yale University scholars participated in a Chinese government-linked forum in Xinjiang, and how Chinese state media amplified their subsequent remarks.
The forum featured prominent involvement from a senior Chinese Communist Party United Front official and included a tour with stops tied to the U.S.-sanctioned Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.
Our findings raise important questions about how respected Western academics can lend credibility to Beijing’s narratives about a region marked by documented human rights abuses.
The Trump-Xi summit has concluded. What comes next for global businesses? Today at 12:30 PM ET, SR CEO Isaac Stone Fish joins Bonnie Glaser and Nazak Nikakhtar to discuss what’s next for companies navigating U.S.-China strategic competition. Link: bit.ly/4AJNYAs
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Wilson, the official NFL partner and the maker of the football used in the Super Bowl, is a Chinese company. In 1989, Wilson sold to the Finnish conglomerate Amer Sports. In 2018, Anta — the Chinese sporting giant whose owner has ties to Xi Jinping — purchased Amer.