China’s Infiltration of The U.S. Higher Education System

The People’s Republic of China has established numerous methodologies for power projection. A portion of this process is its assertion and coercion of higher education to spread communist ideology and Sino-centric narratives to either directly or indirectly press the goals of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). China’s assertion of soft power in higher education highlights an acute risk to the stability of a democratic government as its principles are slowly eroded. The CCP utilizes the internationalism of higher education, foreign exchange students, and the development of higher education institutions abroad to facilitate the ideological change of a nation’s image. The research and understanding of this topic has the potential to garner a window into the neo-Marxist and socialist agenda of the CCP while informing suggestions for counters to the political and ideological undermining of social liberty, justice, and democracy.