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Harvard, MIT among 30 US universities ordered to audit China research ties

Higher education group says Pentagon implied wrongdoing without presenting evidence, as House China committee calls for ‘real consequences’

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Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is among 30 US universities ordered to audit their foreign research relationships. Photo: AP
Teresa Elena Frontadoin Washington
Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Johns Hopkins University are among 30 American institutions ordered to audit their foreign research relationships, according to US officials, as higher education representatives accused the Pentagon of implying wrongdoing without publicly presenting evidence.
The identities emerged after the Department of Defence announced the audits on Monday but declined to name the universities or disclose the foreign partnerships under scrutiny.

An American official, speaking anonymously to the Associated Press, confirmed that Harvard, MIT and Johns Hopkins had received notifications.

Fox News, citing a US official, subsequently published what it described as the complete list of institutions.

It included several of the country’s most prominent research universities, including Cornell, Duke, Georgetown, New York University, and the University of California campuses in Berkeley, Los Angeles, and San Diego.

The Pentagon had not responded to repeated email and telephone requests from the South China Morning Post seeking the names of the universities, the collaborations that prompted the audits and evidence of any unauthorised technology transfer or misconduct.

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