Brian Cantwell, former Stanford aerospace chairman, has lectured at a Chinese university that has been blacklisted since 2001.

What we found

Supports. Winters' Substack reports that Cantwell spent May 9 to June 3, 2025 at Beihang University, delivered six technical lectures, and was supported by an 'expertise introduction' program, citing a Beihang account that is not itself provided.[3]

Supports. RedState and UnveiledChina repeat the Beihang lecture account and the 2001 blacklisting, but both trace back to the same reporting and add no independent record.[4][5]

Context. The Stanford Profiles page lists Cantwell as an emeritus professor of mechanical engineering and does not mention a chairmanship or any visit to China.[2]

Context. The Reuters 2023 article on the export blacklist covers Chinese balloon-program entities and does not mention Beihang or a 2001 listing in the excerpt provided.[1]

Sources

5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 3 not rated

1. 1U.S. adds six Chinese entities tied to balloon program to export blacklistreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
2. 2Browse School of Engineering | Stanford Profilesprofiles.stanford.edu · primary source · cited for: context
3. 3REVEALED: Stanford Aerospace Chief Who Oversaw F-22 ...nataliegwinters.substack.com · not rated · cited for: supports
4. 4China Found a Workaround: Stanford Aerospace Expert ...redstate.com · not rated · cited for: supports
5. 5Brian Cantwell, former chair of Stanford University's ...x.com · not rated · cited for: supports

Where this claim was made

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• Bannon`s War Room · Aug 17, 2026“Brian Cantwell, who was Stanford's aerospace, aerospace chairman for years... secretly has been lecturing multiple times at a blacklisted Chinese university. They've been blacklisted since 2001”Post →

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