Editing Tung Chee-hwa (section)

===U.S.−China politics===
Soon after he resigned as Chief Executive, he was appointed [[Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference|vice-chairman]] of the [[Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]] (CPPCC) in March 2005. In 2008, Tung formed the China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF), a group whose stated aim is to promote better understanding between the two countries.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120913035619/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=21&art_id=60829&sid=17328225&con_type=1&d_str=20080129&fc=2 Tung lays foundation for success with US 29 January 2008 The Standard]</ref> In 2009, he was named a Global Fellow at [[Columbia University]].<ref>{{Cite web |year=2009 |title=Kofi Annan Joins First Group of Global Fellows |url=https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/archive/jul_aug09/around_the_quads1 |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=www.college.columbia.edu |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803093712/https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/archive/jul_aug09/around_the_quads1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2017, it was reported that the CUSEF has been a tool for the [[Chinese Communist Party]] to push to strengthen its influence over policy debate around the globe by massive funding into organisations abroad, for instance the China Studies department of the [[Johns Hopkins University]]'s [[Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies|School of Advanced International Studies]] (SAIS).<ref>{{cite news|last=Allen-Ebrahimian|first=Bethany|date=28 November 2017|title=This Beijing-Linked Billionaire Is Funding Policy Research at Washington's Most Influential Institutions|work=[[Foreign Policy]]|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/11/28/this-beijing-linked-billionaire-is-funding-policy-research-at-washingtons-most-influential-institutions-china-dc/|access-date=16 September 2020|archive-date=31 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831001044/https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/11/28/this-beijing-linked-billionaire-is-funding-policy-research-at-washingtons-most-influential-institutions-china-dc/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Cole|first1=J. Michael|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fo-4zQEACAAJ|title=Insidious Power: How China Undermines Global Democracy|last2=Hsu|first2=Szu-Chien|date=2020-07-30|publisher=Eastbridge Books|isbn=978-1-78869-213-7|pages=29–37|language=en|access-date=17 September 2020|archive-date=24 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924150131/https://books.google.com/books?id=fo-4zQEACAAJ&newbks=0|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Dotson|first=John|date=16 September 2020|title=The China-U.S. Exchange Foundation and United Front "Lobbying Laundering" in American Politics|url=https://jamestown.org/program/the-china-u-s-exchange-foundation-and-united-front-lobbying-laundering-in-american-politics/|access-date=16 September 2020|website=[[Jamestown Foundation]]|language=en-US|archive-date=20 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920160222/https://jamestown.org/program/the-china-u-s-exchange-foundation-and-united-front-lobbying-laundering-in-american-politics/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2018, the [[University of Texas at Austin]] rejected funding from the CUSEF for its recently established China Public Policy Center, after [[U.S. Senator]] [[Ted Cruz]] wrote a letter to UT Austin president [[Greg Fenves]] in which Cruz expressed his concerns that the university's China Public Policy Center was considering a partnership with the foundation "given its affiliation with the People's Republic of China's United Front system and its registration as an agent of a foreign principal." Cruz also noted Tung's CPPCC vice chairmanship is "an organization which works closely with the United Front, the structure the CCP utilizes to manage foreign influence operations."<ref>{{cite news|last=Redden|first=Elizabeth|date=16 January 2018|title=Thanks, but No, Thanks|work=[[Inside Higher Ed]]|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/01/16/ut-austin-rejects-funding-chinese-government-linked-foundation|access-date=16 September 2020|archive-date=20 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920160234/https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/01/16/ut-austin-rejects-funding-chinese-government-linked-foundation|url-status=live}}</ref>