The government of Australia has started looking deeply at the relationship between Australian universities and Confucius Institutes. Many of the universities have apparently entered into an agreement under which Beijing has the primary authority over many aspects of teaching. Confucius Institutes under Chinese control The contracts have been signed between the universities and Hanban, an ...
Mark Warner, Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman, has accused Beijing of forcing Chinese students in the U.S. to act as spies, encouraging them to steal America’s technology and research. Student spies “The overwhelming number of counterintelligence cases in our country now involve Chinese nationals… The Chinese spy services are literally threatening Chinese families… If your ...
In its latest report on China, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the communist government of being a danger to academic freedom, not just domestically, but all across the world. The report comes on the back of a global crackdown on China-funded Confucius Institutes that many intelligence agencies believe to be a security threat. A ...
In a crackdown on Chinese intervention in Australia, the government has warned that Confucius Institutes operating in the country will be brought under a new foreign influence transparency program. Confucius Institutes are funded by Hanban, a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) supported entity, and propagate the supremacy of the communist ideology over liberal democracies. They also ...
China’s attempt at using Confucius Institutes to expand its communist influence in the U.S. received a huge backlash with the release of a bipartisan Senate report by a Homeland Security subcommittee. It suggests shutting down the institutes until major changes are implemented. Confucius Institutes, a danger Confucius Institutes are present in over 100 U.S. universities ...
The threat of Confucius Institutes in America is something that U.S. lawmakers have been drawing attention to for some time. Now, politicians from the UK are also highlighting the dangers posed by such Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-funded institutions in Britain. Confucius Institutes fall under scrutiny in the UK According to the Chinese Communist Party, Confucius ...
In the U.S., Confucius Institutes operate on the campuses of close to 100 universities. Over the past few years, the intelligence community has been wary of these institutes, since they are mostly funded by the Chinese government and sneak in pro-communist content to a large number of their courses. Understanding the potential danger posed by ...
Australia has introduced the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Act that requires individuals or organizations working on behalf of foreign entities in the political sphere to register and explain their activities. The foreign influence law has been in effect since December 10, 2018. Tracking foreign Influence Previously, individuals and organizations could influence the local politics of ...
With an aim of increasing their global influence, China is said to be setting up Confucius Institutes all over the world to brainwash students from a young age into accepting the Communist Party’s ideologies. The U.S., Australia, and some African countries are being targeted by Beijing’s propaganda machinery. Confucius Institutes targeting America According to estimates, ...
Three U.S. lawmakers have introduced a law aimed at pressuring Chinese state-run Confucius Institutes operating in American education institutions over concerns that they’re pushing propaganda. U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Tom Cotton, along with Congressman Joe Wilson, who are all Republican, introduced the Foreign Influence Transparency Act on March 22. In a statement, the GOP ...
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