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TIMES INVESTIGATION

Universities have 'risky' ties to China

Dozens of institutions collaborate with bodies linked to Uighur genocide, weapons development and hacking

Geraldine Scott

, Political Reporter

Sunday January 22 2023, 10.35pm GMT, The Times

President Xi of China at Imperial College London during his 2015 state visit to Britain. He was accompanied by the Duke of York, second left, and George Osborne, third left, then chancellor

ANTHONY DEVLIN/PA

More than 40 British universities have collaborated with institutions that have been linked to malign activities of the Chinese state.

An investigation by The Times reveals that dozens of universities, including four from the Russell Group, have partnered with bodies in China connected to the Uighur genocide, nuclear weapons development, espionage, defence research or hacking.