Rep. Michelle Steel, R-Calif. We urge the Department of Education (DOE) to explore censorship-free alternatives to support the instruction of Mandarin language and Chinese culture, specifically those offered by Taiwan, Steel and Blackburn wrote Cardona in a letter first obtained by Fox News. They were joined by 19 other lawmakers.
The DOE did not immediately respond to Fox News request for comment. But members of the Biden administration have previously expressed distrust over Confucius Institutes, which receive significant funding from the People’s Republic of China (PRC). They were designed to help students outside of China learn languages and culture, but in recent years they have garnered attention for suspected propagandistic agendas, and universities are trying to close them down.
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