Universities turn to private intelligence to assess China risk

06 Aug 2024 | News

With few public tools available, data is being sold to research institutions which lack their own expertise

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Universities and research institutions are turning to private providers of information - some of them former US intelligence analysts – to understand whether their collaborations with China are risky.

With China increasingly seen as an adversary in Europe and the US, universities are under pressure make sure their research links don’t contribute to China’s military, surveillance state, or give away sensitive technological knowhow.

But with few China experts in universities, and limited public tools, private providers are springing up to…