{
  "id": 16157884,
  "title": "US colleges scale back cooperation with Chinese institutions after Pentagon's push",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/us-colleges-scale-back-cooperation-with-chinese-institutions-after-16157884",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T06:32:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20261023/us-colleges-scale-back-cooperation-with-chinese-institutions-after-pentagons-push"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Virginia Tech is hastening the end of a joint undergraduate program with China’s Xidian University, according to a university spokesperson and an official letter obtained by the South China Morning Post. The partnership, initially slated to continue until 2029, will now conclude after the current academic year, according to Margaret Ashburn, Virginia Tech’s associate director of media relations and deputy spokesperson. The decision to advance the closure follows the Pentagon’s efforts to impose stricter controls on research collaborations between U.S. universities and institutions in China. As a result of this heightened oversight, over 80 terminations involving 30 American colleges have been reported, prompting some institutions to reduce their academic ties with Chinese entities. The letter stated that Virginia Tech had originally planned to wind down the program in 2025, ceasing to accept new students, but the university opted to expedite the termination process.",
  "summary": "Virginia Tech is accelerating the closure of a joint undergraduate program with China's Xidian University, bringing forward the end of a partnership that it had previously planned to keep running until 2029, according to a university spokesperson and a copy of an official letter reviewed by the South China Morning Post. This decision comes as the Pentagon's push to tighten oversight of US…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "US colleges scale back cooperation with Chinese institutions after Pentagon’s push",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/us-colleges-scale-back-cooperation-with-chinese-institutions-after",
        "published": "2026-10-21T19:38:29.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}