Studies: British universities collect a large number of sources of funds related to th

The largest source of overseas student sources in British universThe situation has paid attention to politics for a while, and a new study found that many sources of Chinese funds received by British universities are related to the military and industry.Researchers warn that this is not good for Britain's national security, and it is necessary to reduce Chinese students and funds.

The Voice of the United States reported that a newly published research report pointed out that in the past five years, many universities in the UK have collected a large number of funds related to the organization related to the Chinese PLA.After the Britain banned Chinese technology companies from participating in the construction of the local communication network, British universities still received the funds of nearly 14 million pounds (about S $ 23.44 million) in Huawei.

CIVITAS British think tank issued a request for information freedom of information on Chinese funds on 88 local universities, of which 46 universities said that since 2017, they have received a total of 122 million to 156 million pounds of China.funds.

This report is supported by the "Hong Kong Free Fund Commission".Robert Clark, the author of the reporter and director of Civitas, said that the proportion of funds related to the PLA -related funding proportion of the PLA was shocked.

He said at the report conference: "30%to 33%received Chinese funds received by British universities, that is, about one -third comes>

Reports that the Chinese funds obtained by the three British universities come from entities related to the PLA, including the University of UNIVERSITYOFWESTMINSTER, HudderSfieldUniversity, and Kak, who is famous for national defense research,Cranfield University.There are five universities, including the University of Edinburgh, and more than 90 % of Chinese funds come from similar entities.

The largest source of funds in China is Huawei, which offers 27 million to 37 million pounds.Even though the British government banned Huawei from participating in the construction of the British 5G network in 2020, British universities still received funds of Huawei 13.9 million pounds.