Chairs of two House select committees criticized Harvard University on Oct. 18 for reprimanding student protesters who disrupted a speech by the Chinese ambassador while failing to discipline a Chinese student who forcibly removed one of the protesters.
The incident occurred on April 20, when Chinese Ambassador Xie Feng gave an opening address for the Harvard Kennedy School of Government’s China Conference 2024, an annual student-run event organized by the Greater China Society.
His speech was interrupted by several protesters who yelled slogans including “China lies; people die” and “Free Tibet.”
One of the protesters, Taiwanese American student Cosette Wu, shouted that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had devastated Hong Kong’s democracy and was seeking to do the same to Taiwan….
House Committee Chairs Criticize Harvard Over Handling of Anti-CCP Protest Incident
