INVESTIGATION: Stanford receives Chinese state-linked donations

The Stanford Review: Stanford University accepted at least $3 million in 2025 from a donor whose name it disclosed as “Chen Yuan,” of China, recorded as a restricted gift for directed research at the Hoover Institution. The disclosure does not identify which “Chen Yuan” made the gift. But the name, nationality, and the financial capacity implied by the gift most closely match Chen Yuan, the chairman of the China Association for International Friendly Contact (CAIFC), who has extensive documented ties to Stanford spanning two generations of his family…