Pompeo Accuses U.S. University of Abandoning Student in Chinese Reeducation Camp

An official at the University of Washington refused to seek the release of a Chinese national sent to a “reeducation camp” after studying at the university “because of a multimillion-dollar deal with China,” according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

“Now, thank God, Vera was eventually released and returned to the U.S. — but no thanks to the University of Washington and no thanks to the deal that it had made with the Chinese Communist Party,” Pompeo said Wednesday at Georgia Tech, referring to the once-detained student named Vera Zhou.

Pompeo identified by name schools and university officials he regards as wary of crossing Beijing while making the case that Chinese Communist authorities are exploiting the latent “anti-Americanism” and greed of U.S. schools at the expense of national security.

“Americans must know how the CCP is poisoning the well of our higher education for its own ends and how those actions degrade our freedoms and our national security,” Pompeo said. “If we don’t educate ourselves, we’ll get schooled by Beijing.” (Read more from “Pompeo Accuses U.S. University of Abandoning Student in Chinese Reeducation Camp” HERE)

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