Lawmakers Ask Rubio to Designate Chinese Student Group as a Foreign Mission

Three prominent Republican lawmakers are urging the State Department to designate a key Chinese student group as a foreign mission, arguing the step is necessary to “protect American campuses” from covert Chinese influence. In a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the trio expressed “grave concerns” about the Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) advancing Beijing’s interests across U.S. academia, an issue they described as “serious foreign policy and national security risks.” The letter signatories are Reps. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), Brian Mast (R-Fla.), and Tim Walberg (R-Mich.), who respectively chair the House Select Committee on Chinese Communist Party, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and the House Committee on Education & Workforce....