Managers at the University of Nottingham, which has a branch in China, also put pressure on academics to cancel events relating to Tibet and Taiwan on campus, reports suggest.
Pressures from the Chinese embassy also led to a pro-vice-chancellor at a Russell Group university deciding to withdraw an invitation to a speaker, according to testimony gathered for the report.
Another vice-chancellor reportedly came under pressure from the embassy to ensure one of their academics did not make political comments on China for a specific period of time.
The report adds that the issue of Chinese influence has been the subject of remarkably little debate despite the fact there are now more than 100,000 Chinese students in the UK.
It's chilling just how much influence the China has globally.