Abstract: The education, science and technology, and talents are the basic and strategic support for Chinese path to modernization, as the frontier of national scientific research and innovation, Chinese universities have become the focus of the US containment strategy against China in the context of Sino-US strategic game. In recent years, the United States has imposed suppression on Chinese universities frequently, showing significant characteristics such as a “Wide” scope, “Precise” targets, “Multiple” means of suppression, and a “Strong” political inclination towards suppression. The underlying reason lies in the United States’ hegemonic stance, which aims to prevent the outflow of core technologies to curb China’s technological development, combat China’s civil-military integration to maintain US military hegemony, intensify ideological competition to weaken China’s international influence, and thus maintain its advantageous position. The suppression imposed by the United States on Chinese universities have brought a series of negative impacts, including restricting scientific research and innovation activities of Chinese universities, exacerbating tensions between China and the United States, and impacting China’s talent cultivation system for scientific and technological innovation. China should start from the overall development strategy of the CPC and the state, implement the strategic task of building China into a leading country in education, strengthen the construction of Chinese characteristic disciplines, academic and discourse systems, improve the diversified higher education talent training system, promote the construction of a more open higher education system, and promote higher education to better serve the national strategic needs continuously.

Key words: Sino-US Game; Suppress and Contain; Scientific and Technological Development; Scientific Research Innovation; Entity List; Education Powerhouse; Talent Cultivation; National Security