China's presence at US colleges runs much deeper than Confucius Institutes
Lacey Kestecher and Natalia Mittelstadt
New York Campus Correspondent
on May 29, 2020 at 5:46 PM EDT
U.S. officials continue to sound the alarm on Chinese-funded Confucius Institutes
Even as many close their doors, questions about China's foothold in other areas of U.S. colleges persist.
China has been able to establish a presence on college campuses through Confucius Institutes. These institutes are labeled as educational centers that promote the learning of the Chinese language and culture. U.S. intelligence agencies, however, say they are nothing more than propaganda arms of the Chinese Communist Party.
In recent months, a considerable number of Confucius Institutes around the country have shuttered, but more than 70 centers are still in operation. But did the Confucius Institutes that have closed in recent months really cease to exist? Campus Reform conducted an investigation to identify other U.S. college entities that could still be secretly working for China.
https://campusreform.org/?id=14955
