Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg and Select Committee on the CCP Chairman John Moolenaar are calling on Duke University President Vincent Price to end the 
Duke Kunshan University (DKU) — which was established as a joint institute between Duke and Wuhan University in 2018 — in China.
* Wuhan University conducts research in at least five designated defense research areas, trains PLA cyber warfare specialists, and plays a central role in China’s Beidou satellite system, which supports missile guidance and military intelligence operations.
* In February, Duke student Jacqueline Cole wrote an article for the North Carolina news site The Assembly detailing how she and her fellow students were used for CCP propaganda purposes during a DKU-sponsored trip to China.
* Duke is among 21 American universities — listed in the "CCP on the Quad” report released in Sep 2024 — that have STEM focused joint institutes with Chinese universities. The report identified concerns about Defense Department funded research furthering China’s national security goals in areas including high-performance explosives, drone operation networks, nuclear and high-energy physics, artificial intelligence, quantum technology, and hypersonics.
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Duke Kunshan University (DKU) — which was established as a joint institute between Duke and Wuhan University in 2018 — in China.
* Wuhan University conducts research in at least five designated defense research areas, trains PLA cyber warfare specialists, and plays a central role in China’s Beidou satellite system, which supports missile guidance and military intelligence operations.
* In February, Duke student Jacqueline Cole wrote an article for the North Carolina news site The Assembly detailing how she and her fellow students were used for CCP propaganda purposes during a DKU-sponsored trip to China.
* Duke is among 21 American universities — listed in the "CCP on the Quad” report released in Sep 2024 — that have STEM focused joint institutes with Chinese universities. The report identified concerns about Defense Department funded research furthering China’s national security goals in areas including high-performance explosives, drone operation networks, nuclear and high-energy physics, artificial intelligence, quantum technology, and hypersonics.
edworkforce.house.gov/news/documents
edworkforce.house.gov/uploadedfiles/