Father Wilson D. (Bill) Miscamble, C.S.C.

Notre Dame, China, and Standing Up for Human Rights

Notre Dame has had an ambivalent relationship with the People’s Republic of China. Not so long ago, some naïve university leaders pushed the egregious proposal for Notre Dame to establish a liberal arts college in China in collaboration with a state-sponsored university. Fortunately, good sense eventually prevailed, and Notre Dame avoided entrapment in what would have been a thoroughly compromised project. Yet, Notre Dame still maintains its Beijing Global Gateway along with various collaborative endeavors in China.