Biden Administration Drops Trump Plan to Track Campus ‘Confucius Institutes’
“which some U.S. officials allege are front groups for Chinese Communist Party propaganda”
Campus ‘Confucius Institutes’ have been repeatedly accused of spreading Chinese Communist Party propaganda in the United States for years. Trump took action on this issue last year, following the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Biden is now turning back the clock and reversing this policy, which makes no sense.
Over the past year, there have been multiple cases of people in American academia arrested for unlawful contact with China, even at the top of Harvard’s chemistry department.
Chuck Ross reports at the Daily Caller:
Biden Administration Quietly Drops Trump Proposal To Track Chinese Influence In US Schools
The Biden administration quietly withdrew a rule proposed by the Trump administration that would have required American schools and universities to disclose their partnerships with Confucius Institutes, which some U.S. officials allege are front groups for Chinese Communist Party propaganda.
The Trump administration submitted a proposed rule to the Department of Homeland Security on Dec. 31, 2020, entitled “Establishing Requirement for Student and Exchange Visitor Program Certified Schools to Disclose Agreements with Confucius Institutes and Classrooms.”
Around 500 K-12 schools and 65 colleges in the U.S. have partnerships with the Confucius Institute U.S. Center, a U.S.-based affiliate of the Beijing-based Confucius Institute Headquarters. The institute, also known as Hanban, is affiliated with the Chinese Ministry of Education.
Many of Hanban’s directors are members of the Chinese Communist Party or have close ties to the organization, The Daily Caller has previously reported.
Ted Cruz and other Republicans have been actively working to defund Confucius Institutes on American campuses.
Approximately a year ago, I wrote a post here reminding people of all the times in recent years that Joe Biden has downplayed the threat to America presented by China:
Biden’s decision to stop scrutinizing Confucius Institutes on American college campuses speaks volumes. It is a massive gift to the Chinese Communist Party. This should alarm you.
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