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GW has accepted MILLIONS of dollars from China 'for many years'
Mary Rose Corkery
Texas Campus Correspondent
Today at 9:02 AM EDT

   * The U.S Department of Education found since 2013, the George Washington University has accepted more than $75 million from the Chinese and Saudi Arabian Governments.
   * About $3.4 million dollars has come from the Chinese government; a third going to the Confucius Institute.
   * The FBI has warned that the Confucius Institute fosters Chinese Communist propaganda.
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Since 2013, George Washington University has accepted almost $80 million in donations from foreign governments, $76 million of which came from the Saudi Arabian government and $3.4 million of which came from the Chinese government, the school's student newspaper reported.

Of the $3.4 million given to GW by the Chinese government, 70 percent has reportedly gone toward tuition, workshops, and other presentations. The remaining 30 percent of donations, amounting to more than $1 million, was donated directly to the university’s Confucius Institute, despite widespread criticism and concerns that Confucius Institutes promote propaganda on behalf of the Chinese government.

The school also accepted an additional $333,945 in “gifts” from China.  ...
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Confucius Institute at Mizzou closes after pressure from Washington
Jack Bryson
Iowa Campus Correspondent
Today at 1:27 PM EDT

   * The University of Missouri is the most recent American university to shutter its Confucius Institute.
    *The FBI has warned that the Confucius Institute fosters Chinese communist propaganda.

The University of Missouri is the most recent university to shut down its Chinese funded Confucius Institute.

“We were notified by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs this past July that due to changes in State Department guidance, we would now be required to have a certified Mandarin Chinese language teacher in every classroom with a Confucius Institute staff member,” interim vice provost Mary Stegmaier said in a statement earlier this month.  ...

“Pleased Mizzou is shutting down the #China Communist Party funded ‘Confucius Institute’,” tweeted Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley. “As the State Department warned Mizzou in July 2019, and as I have repeatedly stated, this program presented security risks for students & university as a whole.” ...
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