Three major U.S. charities funneled more than $10 million between 2017 and 2022 to Chinese government agencies, universities and organizations controlled by Chinese Communist Party members, tax documents show.

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Ford Foundation and MacArthur Foundation collectively donated about $10.2 million directly to groups led by the Chinese government and Communist Party officials, according to tax disclosures. Chinese beneficiaries of U.S. philanthropy include national universities and government ministries that work with the People's Liberation Army.

For example, the Rockefeller Brothers Foundation donated $400,000 to China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment in 2021-2022 for “capacity building” and “research” related to China's “green” overseas investment. shown on the tax return. According to tax filings, the Ford Foundation gave China's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security $27,878 in 2014 to visit the U.S. for economic research, and in 2018 gave $20,000 to the Ministry of Agriculture for an urbanization study. Donated.

“The Chinese Communist Party's economic war is using every available means to coerce us,” Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher, chairman of the House Select Committee on China, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. . “We must stop inciting our own destruction.”

“Xi Jinping's Thought”

Much of the donations made by American charities went to Chinese academic institutions that collaborate with the Chinese government and Communist Party.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), one of the largest recipients of donations from the three liberal foundations, received $530,000 from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, $706,000 from the Ford Foundation, and $26,000 from the MacArthur Foundation from 2017 to 2022. Received $5,000. (Related: Liberal Foundation funneled tens of millions of dollars to influential environmental groups tied to Chinese government)

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has funded environmental initiatives at CAS, and the Ford Foundation has funded research examining China's investments in the Global South and the country's urban poverty “from a gender perspective.” Meanwhile, a MacArthur Foundation grant supported CAS's Kunming Botanical Research Institute and funded ecological research.

Hou Jianguo, a member of the Chinese Communist Party, president CAS.

Founding of the country I have written In 2020, CAS said it would “be guided by Xi Jinping's ideas about socialism with Chinese characteristics.” [a] A New Era,” Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.He also provided Before becoming chairman, he served as the organization's Communist Party secretary, according to the South China Morning Post.

Operated by CAS under chinese leader State Councilwhich is the “executive body of the highest organ of state power.” party central committee, the highest policy-making body of the Chinese Communist Party.The State Council itself is mainly composed A member of the Chinese Communist Party.

At the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Suspect COVID-19 may be the source and operate under CAS; according to Go to that website.

US Department of Commerce December 2022 Added CAS' Institute of Computing Technology (ICT) has been added to the list of entities supporting China's military and defense industry. ICT is Founded Approved by CAS in 1959 and “firmly adheres to the new era guidelines of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.” according to Go to the institute's website.

“The university sector is an area where China appears to be soliciting foreign foundation funds, particularly from countries like the United States that value freedom of speech,” said Sarah Li, director of communications at the Capital Research Center. “It tells the story,” he said. she told DCNF.

“President Xi's recent tightening of control over Chinese universities could mean that American foundations like Ford could take on Chinese state propaganda as the home country continues to compete with China in areas of innovation and trade. “I feel sorry for that,” she continued.

Peking University and Tsinghua University received approximately $2.2 million and $4.9 million, respectively, from the three charities. Meanwhile, the North China Institute of Aerospace Engineering received $60,000 from the Ford Foundation in 2017 for economic research.

The Ford Foundation will provide most of its donations to state-run universities in China, and will donate approximately $2 million to Tsinghua University to support Chinese NGOs in their international activities, host climate change seminars, and improve the capacity of poverty research. did. Peking University has projects such as conducting economic research, influencing the Global South, working to reduce urban poverty in China, examining government capacity in times of crisis, and advancing the university's engagement in Africa. Approximately $4.8 million was awarded.

Meanwhile, the MacArthur Foundation donated $78,000 to Peking University for ecological research. The Rockefeller Brothers Foundation donated $180,000 to Tsinghua for carbon emissions research.

All three universities that receive funding from U.S. philanthropies are deeply involved in Chinese defense research.

Tsinghua has at least eight different defense research laboratories, including labs focused on artificial intelligence and missile guidance systems. according to Translation of university websites by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI). Tsinghua University also launched a joint computer science program with the People's Liberation Army in 2020, according to a translation of the university's webpage by ASPI.

In 2018, researchers discovered that Tsinghua's technology infrastructure was also used to launch espionage operations against the Alaska state government, the Financial Times reported. report.

Peking University, like Tsinghua University, is home to four different defense research institutes. according to Translation of university websites by ASPI. These laboratories conduct research in areas related to radiation, microelectronics, and “high energy density physics” simulations.

According to ASPI, Peking University signed a cooperation agreement with the Chinese Navy in 2013. The university agreed to cooperate with the Chinese Navy in research, training, construction, and the exercise of cultural soft power, among other areas. according to You will be redirected to an archived web page that explains the details of the agreement.

Meanwhile, the North China Institute of Aerospace Engineering is based in two defense research institutes and has close ties to China's missile manufacturing industry. Hit Asp.

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation and China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation are a pair of state-owned defense companies that control China's missile and satellite technology. signed According to ASPI, a joint agreement was signed in 2003 to support the North China Aerospace Engineering Institute. Since then, the university and two Chinese defense conglomerates have collaborated closely on research and product development. according to On an archived copy of the university's website.

“Policy research”

Several organizations that are not explicitly part of the Chinese government but are led by members of the Chinese Communist Party also receive funding from American charities.

The Rockefeller Brothers Foundation has donated more than $1 million to the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) for “policy research” from 2020 to 2022.

CCCED provides environmental policy and development advice to the Chinese government. according to Go to the organization's website. The organization was established in 1992 with the approval of the Chinese government.

Although not officially part of the Chinese government, CCICED remains report submitted to the State Council; guided According to Chinese government officials.

Current Ding Xuexiang Head CCICED, member The Standing Committee of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China the highest Vice Prime Minister of the People's Republic of China.

In addition to funneling money to the Chinese government, the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the MacArthur Foundation also fund liberal activists in the country.

The three charities provide funding to pro-abortion organizations, LGBT programs and racial justice organizations, according to . their tax form.

The MacArthur Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Foundation, and the Ford Foundation are not the only liberal American charities sending money directly to the Chinese government.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged about $24 million in grants to Chinese government agencies in 2022, according to tax filings.

The Ford Foundation defended its grant to Chinese government agencies in a statement to DCNF.

A spokesperson for the charity said: “The Ford Foundation's work in China aims to ensure that China's economic, political and social influence is fair, both domestically and globally. “There is,” he said. “The grants mentioned will help advance this objective, from studying the impact of urbanization on migrant workers and the elderly to developing the field of Chinese philanthropy.”

The Rockefeller Brothers Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation did not respond to DCNF's requests for comment.

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