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Rep. Jim Banks and 56 House Republicans sent a letter to Secretary Lloyd Austin asking about the federal funds going to colleges and universities with ties to the Chinese government.
Confucius Institutes, the controversial Beijing-backed language and cultural learning centers most of which were closed throughout the United States after being designated a foreign mission by the State Department are rebranding and reopening, according to a report by the National Association of Scholars. Of the 118 Confucius Institutes that once existed in the…
American universities closed down most of the more than 100 Beijing-linked Confucius Institutes around the country yet many continue operating under new names and programs that promote Chinese propaganda and soft power, according to an academic research report.