Category: Confucius institutes

Propaganda, ‘United Front Tactics’ Are CCP’s ‘Magic Weapons’ Against US: Steven Mosher

The three magic weapons in possession by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are propaganda, “United Front tactics,” and the Chinese military—ranked in this order, according to Steven Mosher, president of the Population Research Institute. “United front tactics, propaganda efforts always proceed military action, and in some cases, they make military action unnecessary,” Mosher told EpochTV’s…


China’s Influence Over US Universities Poses Existential Risks

Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is busy developing high-tech weaponry. By the end of the decade, China will have “disruptive” military technologies capable of wreaking widespread chaos. In other words, China is developing weapons that “will change the character of warfare.” Which begs the question: Why are U.S. universities helping China advance its military might? According…


Playing the Race Card for China

Commentary The concept of racism is being Shanghaied as soft-on-China individuals, from Canada’s Prime Minister to a young influencer on TikTok, deploy the idea against critics of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). These politicians, a professor, and an influencer, all acting in an ideological capacity, tend not to use actual examples of real individuals who…


Contracts with Confucius Institute Reveal How Beijing Influences US Universities

In August last year, former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the Confucius Institute “an entity advancing Beijing’s global propaganda and malign influence campaign” on American universities. In response, China criticized Pompeo’s statement as “demonizing and stigmatizing the normal operation of China-U.S. cooperation projects.” An exclusive report by Campus Reform, America’s leading college news…


Director of Slovak Confucius Institute Allegedly Threatens Independent Scholar

Ľuboslav Štora, the former director of the Confucius Institute (CI) in Slovakia’s Bratislava, drew attention for sending intimidating messages in emails to Matej Šimalčík, one of the key independent experts on China in Central and East European countries. Štora had served as the head of the Slovak branch of communist China’s tech giant ZTE before…


Replace Confucius Institutes With ‘Censorship-Free Alternatives,’ Lawmakers Urge

Republican lawmakers this week urged the Department of Education to look to Taiwan to provide “censorship-free alternatives” in teaching Mandarin and Chinese culture on American campuses, in place of Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-funded Confucius Institutes (CI). In a letter (pdf) to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, Rep. Michelle Steel (R-Calif.) and Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) led…


Replace Confucius Institutes With ‘Censorship-Free Alternatives,’ GOP Lawmakers Urge

Republican lawmakers this week urged the Department of Education to look to Taiwan to provide “censorship-free alternatives” for teaching Mandarin and Chinese culture on U.S. campuses, in place of Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-funded Confucius Institutes (CI). In a letter (pdf) to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, Rep. Michelle Steel (R-Calif.) and Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) led…


Rep. Gosar Unveils Bill to Expose ‘Spewing of Propaganda’ in Confucius Institutes

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) on Thursday unveiled a bill that seeks to expose Confucius Institutes and other foreign influence programs in the United States. The legislation, called the Higher Education Transparency Act, mandates complete transparency to expose Chinese Communist Party (CCP) funded Confucius Institutes (CI) and other foreign influence programs on college campuses disguised as…


US Senators Urge Biden to Back Trump-Era Proposal on CCP’s Confucius Institutes

A group of U.S. senators is calling on President Joe Biden to implement a rule that would require U.S. academic institutions to disclose their relationships with Beijing-funded Confucius Institutes (CI)—a Trump-era proposal that was quietly scrapped by Biden last month. “We have significant concerns regarding the CCP’s [Chinese Communist Party] nefarious actions and urge you…


House GOP Leaders Urge Biden to Back Trump-Era Measure on Beijing’s Confucius Institutes

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and other senior GOP representatives on Wednesday urged President Joe Biden to “resubmit the previously proposed rule regarding Confucius Institute reporting without delay” to forge solutions in the face of “CCP threats to U.S. education and research integrity.” “Addressing the generational threat of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is…