The 1882 Chinese Exclusion Acts is alive and well today! 美國1882年的《排華法案》明亡實存至今仍然有效!

The SAFE Research Act would render U.S.-based scholars ineligible for federal funding if they have trained students from, collaborated with, or co-authored publications with colleagues from certain countries, including China, within the past five years. 《SAFE 研究法案》將使美國境內的學者在過去五年內若曾培訓來自特定國家（包括中國）的學生、與其合作、或共同撰寫出版物，即喪失獲得聯邦資助的資格.

This apply to ALL Universities in US! Please see the message below from our CCS member Christian Peterson regarding the SAFE Research Act. Many thanks to Christian for bringing this to our attention.

Best wishes and take care.

Baoyan Cheng
CCS Acting Director
UH Center For Chinese Studies

If you are not already aware, the SAFE Research Act would render U.S.-based scholars ineligible for federal funding if they have trained students from, collaborated with, or co-authored publications with colleagues from certain countries, including China, within the past five years. The AAS, NAS, and AAU (among others) have all expressed concern with this proposed legislation, and some have circulated petitions amongst their members opposing it.

More information on the SAFE Research Act can be found here:

https://www.science.org/content/article/u-s-congress-considers-sweeping-ban-chinese-collaborations
https://www.aau.edu/key-issues/aau-expresses-concerns-ndaas-safe-research-act

The Act has been incorporated into the House version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and the two bills are now in conference to merge them into one piece of legislation. Lawmakers in both chambers must understand the Act’s unintended consequences for U.S. science, social science, and the humanities in higher education. I encourage our CCS members to contact their Representatives and Senators to make their concerns known.

The following two members of Congress from Hawai’i, in particular, sit on their respective Armed Services committees, which oversee the NDAA:

Rep. Jill Tokuda (https://tokuda.house.gov/) is a member of the House Armed Services Committee.

Sen. Mazie Hirono (https://www.hirono.senate.gov/contact) is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Best,
Christian E. Peterson, PhD
Professor and Graduate Chair

Department of Anthropology
2424 Maile Way, 346 Saunders Hall
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Honolulu, HI 96822-2223, USA