College Democrats, Republicans Condemn CCP Infiltration at American Universities

A view of the Confucius Institute building on the Troy University campus in Troy, Ala., on March 16, 2018. Kreeder13 via Wikimedia Commons

In a bipartisan effort rarely seen, the college student organizations of Democratic and Republican parties are joining forces against the Chinese communist regime’s “long-term campaign” to exert influence on American campuses.

“The Chinese government’s flagrant attempts to coerce and control discourse at universities in the United States and around the world pose an existential threat to academic freedom as we know it,” read a joint statement (pdf) from the College Republican National Committee and the College Democrats of America, representing about 350,000 students in over 45 states.