Chinese Companies Are Buying Up Cash-Strapped U.S. Colleges

Re:Chinese Companies Are Buying Up Cash-Strapped U.S. Colleges by FLUX-YOU on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:05PM (#16632652)

/slight-tinfoil-hat

A lot of espionage recruiting goes on through academics, so I'm wondering if this isn't just a good opportunity to open avenues for spies to be sent over.

That name change alone makes me immediately suspicious of this company:

- From: Jiangsu Zhongtai Bridge Steel Structure Co

- To: Beijing Kaiwen Education Technology Co.

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Re:Chinese Companies Are Buying Up Cash-Strapped U.S. Colleges by tozeur on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:20PM (#16632779)

I think that would really depend on the university. I doubt the Chinese government would care to plant spies in US choir societies versus let’s say sending students to Georgetown with direct recruitment feeds to Capitol Hill.

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Re:Chinese Companies Are Buying Up Cash-Strapped U.S. Colleges by FLUX-YOU on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:39PM (#16632949)

Sure, although if you own the university (also, this is near Princeton), it probably makes the job easier. Unless Georgetown is run by the Chinese already.

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Re:Chinese Companies Are Buying Up Cash-Strapped U.S. Colleges by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @07:32PM (#16633827)

This is common. Either it’s a back old listing or a failing SOE that is looking to exit the steel industry with some cheap capital.

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