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63 The U.S.-China relationship for the last 3 years has operated on the premise that the U.S. should engage with China, help her grow economically, and the economic development will lead to the Chi- nese Communist Party’s embracing human rights and democratic values. Instead, today we have a monstrous combination of state capitalism, the kleptocratic marriage of power and money, and the broader and harsher suppression of the Chinese people and their legitimate demand for political and civil rights. Internationally, we are witnessing an increasingly aggressive China, a rising threat to the peace and security of the world and a challenge to the existing world order. One can argue about all the defects of the current order, but I assure you with absolute certainty that you do not want a global regime set up and dominated by the Chinese Communist Party. The CCP has mastered the game of taking advantage of a free soci- ety like ours. It is sad to see how easily our universities can fall prey to the party’s scheme. It is my wish that American univer- sities are able to see the full picture, where they fit into it, and what end they are serving when entering joint ventures with the Chinese Government. Thank you very much. [The prepared statement of Ms. Cao follows:] VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:25 Sep 29, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 F:\WORK\_AGH\062515\95248 SHIRL 64 VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:25 Sep 29, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 F:\WORK\_AGH\062515\95248 SHIRL 95248d-1.eps 65 VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:25 Sep 29, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 F:\WORK\_AGH\062515\95248 SHIRL 95248d-2.eps 66 VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:25 Sep 29, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 F:\WORK\_AGH\062515\95248 SHIRL 95248d-3.eps 67 VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:25 Sep 29, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 F:\WORK\_AGH\062515\95248 SHIRL 95248d-4.eps 68 VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:25 Sep 29, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 F:\WORK\_AGH\062515\95248 SHIRL 95248d-5.eps 69 VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:25 Sep 29, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00073 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 F:\WORK\_AGH\062515\95248 SHIRL 95248d-6.eps 70 VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:25 Sep 29, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 F:\WORK\_AGH\062515\95248 SHIRL 95248d-7.eps 71 Mr. S MITH . Thank you so very much for your testimony and your research. Let me first begin the questioning first with Mr. Lehman, if I could. Is it your testimony that the Chinese Government officials have no say whatsoever in hiring, firing, promotion of NYU per- sonnel, including your professors and teachers? And when it comes to admissions, how is that determined? For example, can a son or a daughter of a dissident be accepted to NYU? What is the cost? What is the tuition, fees, and all when you add it all up together for an academic year for a student? How much of that is paid for by the Chinese Government? I mean, get- ting to who actually owns NYU Shanghai, is it a partnership where 51 percent is you or them? We just don’t know on this side of the aisle. But, again, how much are those student fees and tuition is sub- sidized by the government? And if they don’t have a say in who is admitted to NYU, I mean, do they just give you the money and then you decide who it is that comes in? I do want to thank you for the invitation offered broadly to Mem- bers of Congress. I accept. I would very much like if you could pro- vide me with an invitation to speak on human rights. I would love to give a lecture on religious freedom and other human rights issues. This is my 53rd hearing on human rights in China. I have chaired probably close to 500, if not more, human rights hearings covering from human trafficking, to forced labor, to issues of every kind. The students and professors might find it of some interest. So I would hope, if you could extend that to me when we are not in session, I and my staff will be there. Let me also ask you too, and I know I am throwing a number of questions right out first, but how do you vet NYU teachers there to ensure that—the Chinese Government, as we all know, is ex- traordinarily effective in placing people in positions, they do it in business all the time, that keep a very sharp eye on others to en- sure conformity to what the party wants. How do you ensure that the people you are hiring are not agents or people reporting back and surveilling both other teachers and others, personnel, as well as the students? I yield. Mr. L EHMAN . So thank you, Chairman Smith, and I will try to answer all of the questions. If I miss one of them, please feel free to remind me and I will do my best. I will start at the end and the beginning, which was the question about faculty appointments and how they work. So faculty appoint- ments at NYU Shanghai are the same as they are at NYU New York. That is to say, they are led by a provost on our campus, who is Joanna Waley-Cohen, who is seated behind me today. She was the chairman of the History Department at NYU for many years. She was on the NYU faculty for decades before coming to NYU Shanghai. The process is, we announce that we are holding a search. It is a global search, and the search is for the best people in the field. The searches are done by discipline. Because we are starting out, we don’t have a large established faculty in Shanghai, and so we VerDate 0ct 09 2002 14:25 Sep 29, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 F:\WORK\_AGH\062515\95248 SHIRL Yüklə 72,52 Kb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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