‘Systematically dismantled’: Hegseth’s new offensive against China’s Confucius Institutes
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Pentagon has intensified its crackdown on Confucius Institutes, Beijing-backed centers promoting Chinese language and culture at universities abroad.
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- Oct 24
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80 new propaganda cells across 30 universities had popped up using different names and different charters, but with the same mission: to steal intellectual property and to infiltrate the minds of American students.
Eighty new propaganda cells across 30 universities had popped up using different names and different charters, but with the same mission: to steal intellectual property and to infiltrate the minds of American students.
Confucius Institutes have been designated as a threat to US national security.
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