Adam Savit to Newsmax: Pathogen Plot Another Stain on U of Michigan

A plot by a Chinese couple to smuggle a dangerous pathogen into the U.S. for study at the University of Michigan is one of several strikes against the college, Adam Savit, director of the China Policy Initiative at the America First Policy Institute, told Newsmax on Sunday. 

“I’d like to take the opportunity to, unfortunately, spotlight the University of Michigan in this case because I think it’s a case study on this problem,” he told Newsmax’s “Sunday Report.” “A couple of days ago, I was referring to the four strikes against the University of Michigan. I came across another one. So let’s call it five strikes regarding their foreign students infiltrating and causing these problems.”

He noted that last year, a report, “CCP on the Quad: How American Taxpayers and Universities Fund the CCP’s Advanced Military and Technological Research,” was prepared by the House Select Committee on China, highlighting 21 public universities partnering with Chinese colleges with ties to the People’s Liberation Army. 

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