Cambridge took cash from 'high risk' Beijing university to research into China's foreign influence

Jesus College, Cambridge took cash from 'very high risk' Beijing university once attended by President Xi to fund research into China's foreign influence – Jesus College, accepted £20,000 from Tsinghua University, Beijing in 2019 – The funding was for 'background research' on foreign business involvement in China's Belt and Road Initiative – The controversial cash comes at a time of heightened scrutiny over British universities' laundering the reputation of an authoritarian regimes like China – The research the college did was not thought to be militarily sensitive – Jesus College has a history of accepting money from Chinese sources A…