Powerful sway of China's govt felt at US schools
Student groups on Western campuses work in tandem with Beijing to promote a pro-Chinese agenda and tamp down anti-Chinese speech
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IN THE competition for marquee commencement speakers, the University of California, San Diego thought it had scored a coup this year - a Nobel Peace Prize winner, best-selling author and spiritual North Star to millions of people.
"We are honoured to host His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama," gushed Pradeep Khosla, the university's chancellor, "and thankful that he will share messages of global compassion."
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