Confucius Institutes

Tufts University in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, has announced that it will shut down its Confucius Institute in the wake of student protests. The university, however, said it is ending the Confucius Institute to “focus more on our strong and growing direct relationship” with Beijing Normal University. Student protesters attacked the school’s “shameful collaboration between the university administration and the Chinese Communist Party.”

A New York Times columnist wrote an op-ed calling on the federal government to “stop vilifying China’s Confucius Institutes,” an idea applauded on social media by a member of the Chinese state media.

Utah state lawmakers have proposed a joint resolution “to protect Utah’s institutions of higher education from Chinese Communist Party influence.” The resolution seeks to close the remaining Confucius Institutes located at universities and colleges in the state.

ORLANDO, Florida — Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) told Breitbart News exclusively that President Joe Biden’s handling of the Chinese Communist Party represents a “very problematic” and weak approach that wrongly treats China as an “ally” instead of the “adversary” the Pacific power represents.

ORLANDO, Florida — Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) told Breitbart News exclusively that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) spreading cash to Hollywood studios precludes a lot of them from casting CCP-aligned Chinese Communists as the bad guys in movies.

GOP senators are urging Biden to implement a proposed rule to require U.S. schools to disclose their financial ties to Chinese Communist Confucius Institutes.

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Joe Biden’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, on a 78 to 20 vote. 

Brexit leader Nigel Farage has warned that there is a “communist takeover” of large swaths of Britain’s private education sector, as an investigation has revealed that schools throughout the country have been bought out by firms connected to the Chinese government.

Top conservative lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives are launching a legislative blitz against Democrat President Joe Biden, exposing his weakness when it comes to the threat of the Chinese Communist Party and Biden’s coziness with the Communists in Beijing.

Over 70 countries have officially incorporated the Mandarin language into their national education systems, China’s education ministry said this week.

The Clarion Project’s new documentary Covert Cash: What American Universities Don’t Want You to Know About Their Foreign Funding tracks the large sums of money flowing into American schools from “corrupt regimes who actively work against American interests” and boast human rights records that “clash with every American value we hold sacred.” Prominent among those troubling sources of funding is Communist China.

Marshall sought to demonstrate her support of the CCP-sponsored Confucius Institute in her state with a photo of her and Baobao.

North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall praised the Chinese-sponsored Confucius Institute’s influence in her state.

Three Republican lawmakers are targeting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s political warfare operations in the United States in a new bill.

An extensive report from the National Association of Scholars (NAS) released Thursday finds the College Board is deeply connected to a Chinese agency that runs Confucius Institutes in several academic establishments in America.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday that Chinese diplomats in the United States will now require approval from the State Department before they can visit an American college campus or a “cultural event” with more than 50 attendees held outside consular grounds.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated that he is “hopeful” that every single one of China’s Confucius Institutes operating in the United States will be shut down by the

The State Department on Thursday designated the de facto U.S. headquarters of the Confucius Institute network a “foreign mission” of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the latest move in the Trump administration’s efforts to combat Beijing’s “global propaganda” and “malign influence.”

India’s Education Ministry announced on Saturday that Mandarin will be dropped from the list of recommended foreign languages that should be taught in schools, citing security concerns about ties between Mandarin-language programs and the Chinese Communist government.

The College Board, the company behind the SAT exam, reportedly has established partnerships with China’s Communist government. The College Board, like many universities and colleges in the United States, has maintained a relationship with the Confucius Institute, a Chinese government-backed organization that aims to increase China’s influence on education around the globe.

Stanford University is facing criticism over its extensive relationship with the Chinese government. Between 2013 and 2019, the university reported that it had accepted $58 million in gifts and contracts from China and its communist government. Only Harvard, USC, and the University of Pennsylvania have taken more money from China.

Harkening back to the rhetoric of Mao Zedong during the Cultural Revolution, China’s ambassador in London has called on Chinese university students studying in the United Kingdom to “serve your motherland”, amid growing concern about the influence of Beijing on Western campuses.

Australian student Drew Pavlou claims that he is facing expulsion from the University of Queensland over his criticism of the Chinese government and its influence on his university.

Several universities around the nation are currently under investigation by the Department of Education over their alleged financial ties to the Chinese government. A report published this week suggests that many universities are refusing to comply with a standard request to produce internal documents.

Binghamton University recently defended its partnership with the controversial Confucius Institute, an education organization funded by the Chinese government. Many universities have cut ties with the Confucius Institute after evidence was published that suggests it was designed by the Chinese government to exercise control discourse on American campuses.

Dozens of universities and colleges around the country have maintained partnerships with the Confucius Institute, an educational organization backed by China’s communist government. In 2019, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) called for an investigation into the Confucius Institute influence over American universities and college.

Republicans in the House of Representatives announced this week that they have launched an investigation into China’s influence on American universities and colleges. Many universities and colleges have cut ties with the Chinese government’s Confucius Institute over concerns that it sought to limit criticism of China on American campuses.

A group of top conservative movement leaders are calling on President Donald Trump to hold the Chinese Community Party responsible for the coronavirus pandemic plaguing the United States and the world.

Sweden shut down its last remaining Chinese state-funded teaching program – known as Confucius Institutes – this week as tensions between the two nations increase.

A new study into the finances of colleges and universities revealed that American institutions accepted approximately $10 billion from foreign governments between 2013 and 2018. During that time, China, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar traded funds in exchange for influence over campus discourse on foreign affairs.