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.
The U.S. government considers Confucius Institutes to be part of the Chinese government’s numerous and varied foreign influence operations, and the Trump administration increased pressure against the groups, including labeling their center in the nation’s capital to be a “foreign mission” of Beijing. While the number of Confucius Institutes in the U.S. numbered over 100 just a few years ago, they have now dwindled to what the State Department says is just 27 university sponsors currently operating exchange visitor programs affiliated with the Chinese organization, though that might not fully capture a number of other Confucius Institute partnerships the group has in the U.S.
Numerous security experts and U.S. government officials have warned that the United Front Work Department is part of the Chinese government’s foreign influence efforts, with the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission’s August 2018 report contending that “China uses what it calls ‘United Front’ work to co-opt and neutralize sources of potential opposition to the policies and authority of its ruling Chinese Communist Party” and that United Front-related organizations” are playing an increasingly important role in China’s broader foreign policy" under Xi Jinping — who has called United Front work a “magic weapon” for bringing about “the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.” The report said that “a number of official and quasi-official entities conduct overseas activities guided or funded by the United Front” — including Confucius Institutes.
In August, the State Department designated the Confucius Institute U.S. Center in Washington, D.C., as a “foreign mission” of the Chinese Communist Party, and Pompeo and former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos joined forces in October to warn that K-12 classrooms and universities nationwide are being targeted by Chinese influence operations.
The Biden State Department spokesperson told the Washington Examiner that the CIUS Center “promotes the activities of Confucius Institutes in the United States” and that “that determination remains in place today.” The spokesperson emphasized that the State Department “has ongoing concerns about the overseas influence and global propaganda activities of the PRC government, including through Confucius Institutes, that might affect academic freedom in the United States” and that “many of these malign activities lack transparency and attempt to hide or downplay their affiliation with the PRC government and the CCP.”.....snip~
China on campus: Confucius Institutes collapse nationwide | Washington Examiner
Good news.....chasing the Communists out. Now lets do the same to BLM and chase those Communists out too.