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Confucius Institutes are billed by the Chinese Communist Party as benevolent language and culture programs and once numbered more than 100 on U.S. campuses across the country. But intelligence officials, members of Congress, and the Trump administration accused them of being an arm of the Chinese Communist Party, used for propaganda and malign foreign influence purposes. In part one of this series,
looks at how the once-ubiquitous institutions have waned over the past couple of years, shrinking in size and disappearing from dozens of colleges including an Ivy League school once seen as its flagship program.
The Chinese Communist Party-linked Confucius Institutes are collapsing in the United States, falling from over 100 to just over a couple dozen in a few years thanks to pressure from the Trump administration and growing concern within the U.S. government about the challenge posed by Chinese influence at U.S. colleges and universities.
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Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas has joined the list of Republicans condemning the Biden administration for withdrawing a proposed rule that required campuses to disclose links to Chinese cultural programs accused of promoting propaganda.
The Confucius Institute U.S. Center facilitates Chinese language and cultural courses in around 500 K-12 schools and 65 colleges across the country.
China hawks in the U.S. have long accused the programs of being a tool of the Chinese Communist Party, pointing to the institute s links to the Hanban agency, which is affiliated with Beijing s Ministry of Education.
OPINION / VIEWPOINT By Yuan Li Published: Feb 02, 2021 10:18 AM
A competitor performs Chinese calligraphy during the preliminary contest of the 10th Chinese Bridge language proficiency competition for the midwest of the United States at the Confucius Institute of Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, the United States, April 23, 2011.File Photo:Xinhua
The Confucius Institute (CI) Program was under fierce attacks by politicians of the Trump administration during the past three years. Groundless allegations from both the Capitol Hill and the Foggy Bottom have stigmatized the language teaching program and forced universities to sever ties with their CIs, which cost the American public access to learning Putonghua and knowing more about China. It s time for politicians to end their defamation and start realizing the true value CI programs can offer.