Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) expressed concerns to the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) over its waiver plan that allows U.S. colleges to receive DOD grants while hosting Beijing-funded Confucius Institutes (CIs). “CIs act as agents of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on U.S. campuses, spreading Party propaganda, monitoring students and dissidents, and providing China a…
Rep. Jim Banks Demands Answers on DOD’s Waiver Plan for Colleges Hosting Confucius Institutes
House Republicans Investigate DOD Over Funding Universities that House CCP Linked Groups
House Republicans are conducting an investigation into the influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at American universities. Reps. Pat Fallon (R-Texas) and Jim Banks (R-Ind.) took the lead writing a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin dated Feb. 3, demanding answers about DOD funding for schools with Confucius Institutes (CI) or other CCP-linked entities….
House Republicans Investigate DOD Over Funding Universities With CCP-Linked Groups
House Republicans are conducting an investigation into the influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at American universities. Reps. Pat Fallon (R-Texas) and Jim Banks (R-Ind.) took the lead writing a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin dated Feb. 3, demanding answers about DOD funding for schools with Confucius Institutes (CI) or other CCP-linked entities….
Beijing’s Overseas Police Station in Sydney ‘Not Active’: Australian Federal Police
Australian Federal Police (AFP) has said that it doesn’t believe Chinese police are running an active “contact point” in Sydney. It was revealed last month that Chinese officials have been operating an overseas police station in Sydney since 2018. The “contact point” was established by the Public Security Bureau of the city of Wenzhou, China, the…
Communist China’s Sprawling Plan to Infiltrate American College Campuses
News Analysis The Chinese regime is ramping up efforts to infiltrate U.S. universities to gain access to valuable research and mold the minds of the next generation of America’s thought leaders, advocates and experts warn. American colleges’ ties to China have drawn heightened scrutiny in recent years, in particular over Beijing-funded Confucius Institutes that have…
CCP Agents Had Access to Private Information of New Brunswick Students Through Confucius Institutes
Confucius Institutes operating in New Brunswick public schools had access to students’ private information and caused grave concerns among Chinese diaspora, the province’s education minister told a Commons Committee on June 21. “We had members of the Chinese Communist Party who were working for the Confucius Institutes who had access to the databases and student…
NB in Talks With Taiwan to Bring in Chinese-Language Program to Replace Confucius Institutes
New Brunswick is in talks with Taiwan to bring in a Mandarin-language program that will replace that of communist China’s Confucius Institute, the province’s education minister told a Commons committee on June 21. Some of the institutes have already been removed from N.B.’s school system, with the rest to be closed by 2022. “One of…
Confucius Institute at Carleton University Claims It’s Independent From CCP Control
The director of China’s Confucius Institute (CI) at Carleton University claims his institute is independent of Beijing’s control, but stumbles over question about the Tiananmen Square Massacre committed by the regime in 1989. “We don’t report anything to China. I report only to Canada, to Carleton University,” Justin Li told the Commons Committee on Canada-China…
Australian University Vice-Chancellor Vows ‘Never Again’ to Confucius Institute
ADELAIDE, Australia — As he takes up a vice-chancellorship at The University of Adelaide, Prof. Peter Høj, the former vice-chancellor of the University of Queensland (UQ), has said that the decision to allow China to provide course funding through the Confucius Institute at UQ was a “stupid thing to do” and should never have happened. “When…
University Vice-Chancellor Vows ‘Never Again’ to Confucius Institute
ADELAIDE, Australia — As he takes up a vice-chancellorship at The University of Adelaide, Prof. Peter Høj, the former vice-chancellor of the University of Queensland (UQ), has said that the decision to allow China to provide course funding through the Confucius Institute at UQ was a “stupid thing to do” and should never have happened. “When…
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