On the homepage today, we have an Impromptus column, with a variety of issues. The first has to do with the long reach of the Chinese government. They make sure that Chinese students on American campuses stay in line. The students always have families back home. And some students inform on other students. This has been going on a long time. I first learned about it when I myself was in grad school. A Chinese classmate of mine told me how it worked. He did so with weary disgust. In recent days, Mitch Daniels, the president of Purdue University, has said: Not on my campus, you don’t.
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