Confucius Institutes Closing in the USA
The US Department of Defense launched the Language Flagship Program last year to provide funding for all universities in the US to offer Chinese language education. Federal law forces all colleges to choose between the Pentagon and the Confucius Institute for their Chinese language funding. Until now, 13 universities have chosen to shut down the Confucius Institute. More Confucius Institutes are expected to be closed when their contracts with the universities expire this year.
Republican Senator Ted Cruz said that the Confucius Institute exposes American colleges to the threats of espionage and intellectual property theft, which have happened in some universities already. Cruz added an amendment to the US military spending bill last year. The amendment sets out that universities with Confucius Institutes will not get Chinese language funding from the Department of Defense.
Since the University of Maryland opened its first Confucius Institute in 2004, there are now more than 100 Confucius Institutes in the US and over 500 worldwide. The Confucius Institutes are considered to be used by China to expand its soft power overseas and to supervise Chinese students who are studying abroad. During teaching and learning, sensitive issues like democracy, human rights, Tibet, Xinjiang, and Taiwan are not allowed to discuss.
The University of Oregon has recently closed its Confucius Institute. The vice provost at Oregon said that it was hard to choose between the two options. The Language Flagship of the Department of Defense provides them with nearly 1 million dollars each year for Chinese language education.
#ChinaInfluence #ConfuciusInstitutes #Xinjiang #Uyghur
Source: RFI TW (19-Jul)
https://bit.ly/2sw352A
The US Department of Defense launched the Language Flagship Program last year to provide funding for all universities in the US to offer Chinese language education. Federal law forces all colleges to choose between the Pentagon and the Confucius Institute for their Chinese language funding. Until now, 13 universities have chosen to shut down the Confucius Institute. More Confucius Institutes are expected to be closed when their contracts with the universities expire this year.
Republican Senator Ted Cruz said that the Confucius Institute exposes American colleges to the threats of espionage and intellectual property theft, which have happened in some universities already. Cruz added an amendment to the US military spending bill last year. The amendment sets out that universities with Confucius Institutes will not get Chinese language funding from the Department of Defense.
Since the University of Maryland opened its first Confucius Institute in 2004, there are now more than 100 Confucius Institutes in the US and over 500 worldwide. The Confucius Institutes are considered to be used by China to expand its soft power overseas and to supervise Chinese students who are studying abroad. During teaching and learning, sensitive issues like democracy, human rights, Tibet, Xinjiang, and Taiwan are not allowed to discuss.
The University of Oregon has recently closed its Confucius Institute. The vice provost at Oregon said that it was hard to choose between the two options. The Language Flagship of the Department of Defense provides them with nearly 1 million dollars each year for Chinese language education.
#ChinaInfluence #ConfuciusInstitutes #Xinjiang #Uyghur
Source: RFI TW (19-Jul)
https://bit.ly/2sw352A
RFI
美國已有13間大學關閉孔子學院
美國國防部自去年起推出“語言旗艦計畫”(Language Flagship)，為全美大學提供資助以展開中文教育。聯邦法律迫使全美大學必須……
Confucius Institutes Closing in Australia
Summary: NSW Government scrapped Chinese Confucius Institute's program after a six month's review upon a perception that the Institute is or could be facilitating inappropriate foreign influence.
(Editor's note: Despite this, Australia still has the third-highest number of Confucius Institutes and classrooms in the world — behind the USA and the UK — with 14 institutes and 67 classrooms across the country. The main concerns surrounding these Confucius Institute programs and Chinese language classes are that they are funded by the PRC government as the means of 'soft power' to gain undue political influences overseas. There is a threat to academic freedom in Australia and that the language courses and other public events held by the Confucius Institutes serve as propaganda platforms for the CCP.)
#ChinaInfluence, #ConfuciusInstitutes
Source: ABC (23-Aug)
https://ab.co/2rz58Tz
Summary: NSW Government scrapped Chinese Confucius Institute's program after a six month's review upon a perception that the Institute is or could be facilitating inappropriate foreign influence.
(Editor's note: Despite this, Australia still has the third-highest number of Confucius Institutes and classrooms in the world — behind the USA and the UK — with 14 institutes and 67 classrooms across the country. The main concerns surrounding these Confucius Institute programs and Chinese language classes are that they are funded by the PRC government as the means of 'soft power' to gain undue political influences overseas. There is a threat to academic freedom in Australia and that the language courses and other public events held by the Confucius Institutes serve as propaganda platforms for the CCP.)
#ChinaInfluence, #ConfuciusInstitutes
Source: ABC (23-Aug)
https://ab.co/2rz58Tz
ABC News
NSW Government scraps Chinese Government-sponsored program over foreign influence fears
A Chinese Government-sponsored program being run in several NSW schools is scrapped after a review concludes it had allowed Beijing-aligned appointees inside a State Government department.
#ConfuciusInstitutes #CCPControl #ChinaInfiltration #BrainWash #ShapePower
Bloomberg: Confucius Institutes to be designated as Foreign Mission of the PRC
Source: Stand News #August13
#ForeignMission #ForeignInterference #Spy
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Bloomberg: Confucius Institutes to be designated as Foreign Mission of the PRC
Source: Stand News #August13
#ForeignMission #ForeignInterference #Spy
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24422
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Bloomberg: Confucius Institutes to be designated as Foreign Mission of the PRC
Sources close to the U.S. Department of State told Bloomberg that the Confucius Institute U.S. Centre was to be designed as a foreign mission of the PRC. Shortly after the news was published, the State Department made the official announcement on Thursday, August 13. Such action further escalates the tension between China and the U.S.
Confucius Institutes with heavy presence in universities and colleges around the world, have been established for more than ten years, dedicated to promoting Chinese culture. However, many Western countries recently question the ulterior motive of the institutes using their teaching as a tool to expand political influence. The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) of the U.S. released a report last year that the institutes are used as a propaganda tool controlled by China and have too much control over the institutes in America. Universities and colleges are called on to close their Confucius Institutes.
If the State Department of U.S. requires Confucius Institutes to register as “foreign missions”, it means that the institutes are “substantially owned or effectively controlled” by the Chinese government. According to the Foreign Missions Act, these organisations need to register all personnel roster and their property holdings in the U.S. with the U.S. State Department. They have to follow administrative requirements and to be ruled that similar to embassies and consulates.
Source: Stand News #August13
#ForeignMission #ForeignInterference #Spy
Bloomberg: Confucius Institutes to be designated as Foreign Mission of the PRC
Sources close to the U.S. Department of State told Bloomberg that the Confucius Institute U.S. Centre was to be designed as a foreign mission of the PRC. Shortly after the news was published, the State Department made the official announcement on Thursday, August 13. Such action further escalates the tension between China and the U.S.
Confucius Institutes with heavy presence in universities and colleges around the world, have been established for more than ten years, dedicated to promoting Chinese culture. However, many Western countries recently question the ulterior motive of the institutes using their teaching as a tool to expand political influence. The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) of the U.S. released a report last year that the institutes are used as a propaganda tool controlled by China and have too much control over the institutes in America. Universities and colleges are called on to close their Confucius Institutes.
If the State Department of U.S. requires Confucius Institutes to register as “foreign missions”, it means that the institutes are “substantially owned or effectively controlled” by the Chinese government. According to the Foreign Missions Act, these organisations need to register all personnel roster and their property holdings in the U.S. with the U.S. State Department. They have to follow administrative requirements and to be ruled that similar to embassies and consulates.
Source: Stand News #August13
#ForeignMission #ForeignInterference #Spy
12 U.S. Universities Received Over a Billion Dollars in Anonymous Donations from China and Russia, Which Could Lead to Technology Transfer Leakage
The U.S. government has been very concerned about Chinese communist infiltration on campuses in recent years. The U.S. Department of Education has just released a survey on 12 famous U.S. universities, saying that many of them did not declare funds from China, Russia and other "hostile countries against the U.S.". The survey also indicated that the corresponding universities received US$1.14 billion in anonymous donations from countries such as China and Russia since 2012, most of which have financial ties to high-risk national security organizations, such as Huawei.
The Department of Education stated that because of the lack of transparency and supervision of the details of the donations, these foreign funds would be subject to conditions that allow foreign governments to gain access to sensitive research technologies, restrict academic freedom, and expand their soft power or publicity. The 12 universities, including Harvard, Yale, Stanford, MIT and other famous universities, are under investigation.
In fact, since last year, U.S. politicians have begun to criticize the CCP infiltration of campuses. The U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee released a cross-party report at the beginning of last year, reprimanding the CCP for conducting political propaganda on U.S. campuses through Confucius Institutes. As a result, the Department of Education stepped up its investigation of universities. At the middle of last year, they announced in the middle of last year that 12 universities involved in undeclared foreign funds of US$6.5 billion.
It is worth noting that the report specifically listed two major issues. One of them was "national security". Many universities were accused of receiving donations from Huawei for research, and some even participated in a research commissioned by Alibaba on crowd surveillance.
Source: Stand News #Oct22
https://bit.ly/2THroFj
#US #USDeptOfEducation #UScampuses #China #Russia #Huawei #ConfuciusInstitutes #CCPinfiltration #USnationalsecurity #University
The U.S. government has been very concerned about Chinese communist infiltration on campuses in recent years. The U.S. Department of Education has just released a survey on 12 famous U.S. universities, saying that many of them did not declare funds from China, Russia and other "hostile countries against the U.S.". The survey also indicated that the corresponding universities received US$1.14 billion in anonymous donations from countries such as China and Russia since 2012, most of which have financial ties to high-risk national security organizations, such as Huawei.
The Department of Education stated that because of the lack of transparency and supervision of the details of the donations, these foreign funds would be subject to conditions that allow foreign governments to gain access to sensitive research technologies, restrict academic freedom, and expand their soft power or publicity. The 12 universities, including Harvard, Yale, Stanford, MIT and other famous universities, are under investigation.
In fact, since last year, U.S. politicians have begun to criticize the CCP infiltration of campuses. The U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee released a cross-party report at the beginning of last year, reprimanding the CCP for conducting political propaganda on U.S. campuses through Confucius Institutes. As a result, the Department of Education stepped up its investigation of universities. At the middle of last year, they announced in the middle of last year that 12 universities involved in undeclared foreign funds of US$6.5 billion.
It is worth noting that the report specifically listed two major issues. One of them was "national security". Many universities were accused of receiving donations from Huawei for research, and some even participated in a research commissioned by Alibaba on crowd surveillance.
Source: Stand News #Oct22
https://bit.ly/2THroFj
#US #USDeptOfEducation #UScampuses #China #Russia #Huawei #ConfuciusInstitutes #CCPinfiltration #USnationalsecurity #University
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Pompeo Urges U.S. University To Scrutinize Chinese Students To Avoid Stealing And Brainwashing
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday urged U.S. universities to scrutinize China's assistance and students, warning that Beijing was set on to steal American innovations.
Speaking at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Pompeo said the United States welcomes Chinese who "genuinely" want study in the country, but also cited two cases of Chinese students who were charged with spying and some cases of Beijing harassing of students abroad. “If we don’t educate ourselves, if we’re not honest about what’s taking place, we’ll get schooled by Beijing,” he said. “The Chinese Communist Party knows it can never match our innovation, that’s why it sends 400 thousand students a year to the United States of America to study,” he added.
Once again, he called on U.S. universities to shut down all Confucius Institutes, “We cannot allow this tyrannical regime to steal our stuff, to build their military might and brainwash our people, or buy off our institutions to help them cover up these activities… We need administrators to close Confucius Institutes and investigate what so-called ‘student groups’ backed by the CCP money are actually up to on their campuses,” he declared.
Source: Apple Daily #Dec10
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201210/OQD4ET54EZF6BIRJZHCSJUGAJY/
#US #China #MikePompeo #ConfuciusInstitutes #University #USChinaRelation #ChineseStudents
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday urged U.S. universities to scrutinize China's assistance and students, warning that Beijing was set on to steal American innovations.
Speaking at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Pompeo said the United States welcomes Chinese who "genuinely" want study in the country, but also cited two cases of Chinese students who were charged with spying and some cases of Beijing harassing of students abroad. “If we don’t educate ourselves, if we’re not honest about what’s taking place, we’ll get schooled by Beijing,” he said. “The Chinese Communist Party knows it can never match our innovation, that’s why it sends 400 thousand students a year to the United States of America to study,” he added.
Once again, he called on U.S. universities to shut down all Confucius Institutes, “We cannot allow this tyrannical regime to steal our stuff, to build their military might and brainwash our people, or buy off our institutions to help them cover up these activities… We need administrators to close Confucius Institutes and investigate what so-called ‘student groups’ backed by the CCP money are actually up to on their campuses,” he declared.
Source: Apple Daily #Dec10
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201210/OQD4ET54EZF6BIRJZHCSJUGAJY/
#US #China #MikePompeo #ConfuciusInstitutes #University #USChinaRelation #ChineseStudents