U.S. agencies on Thursday promised stricter monitoring of China-funded Confucius...
WASHINGTON - U.S. agencies on Thursday promised stricter monitoring of China-funded Confucius Institutes, cultural centers at U.S. universities that have been criticized for serving as propaganda arms of the Communist government in Beijing.
“We fully understand and share your concern about the need to keep malign foreign interests from compromising the academic integrity of American colleges and universities, while respecting the importance of institutional autonomy and academic freedom,” Deputy Secretary of Education Mitchell Zais told the hearing, adding that the department “stands ready” to work with the committee.
Senate investigators, who spent eight months looking into the cultural centers, said they would recommend shutting them down altogether barring significant changes. There are about 100 Confucius Institutes at U.S. colleges and universities, and about 500 “Confucius classrooms” teaching Chinese to younger students.
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