US colleges scale back cooperation with Chinese institutions after Pentagon’s push

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1. Wed, 21 October 2026

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   • South China Morning Post19:38first to report
     US colleges scale back cooperation with Chinese institutions after Pentagon’s push

     Virginia Tech is accelerating the closure of a joint undergraduate programme with China’s Xidian University, bringing forward the end of a partnership that it had previously planned to keep running until 2029, according to a university spokesperson and a copy of an official letter reviewed by the South China Morning Post. This decision comes as the Pentagon’s push to tighten oversight of US universities’ research ties with China has led to more than 80 termination-related actions across 30...