A new Strategy Risks investigation examines research ties between the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Chinese institutions connected to surveillance, defense, and dual-use technologies.

Public records show that UW–Madison and China’s Southeast University announced a joint research institute focused on intelligent transportation and connected-vehicle technologies—work that was later incorporated into Chinese standards and pilot programs involving the Ministry of Public Security. While counsel for a UW–Madison professor disputes that the institute ever became operational, Southeast University and academic publications continued to publicly reference the UW–Madison affiliation. UW-Madison didn’t respond to a request for comment.

The report also examines UW–Madison researchers’ collaborations with a sanctioned research institute within a major Chinese defense conglomerate and their participation in the Tianlai radio-astronomy project in Xinjiang.

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