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Pentagon designates Confucius Institute in US as national security threat
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The Department of War has designated Chinese-funded Confucius Institutes on American university campuses as a national security threat. China's Foreign Ministry responded Monday, saying it opposed what it called “smears and stigmatization” targeting the institutes.
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Pete Hegseth designated Confucius Institutes a national security threat, saying 80 groups at 30 universities reappeared under new names and were dismantled in two months.
Defense secretary Pete Hegseth alleges Confucius Institutes operating in disguise on US university campuses The US defense department has designated Chinese-funded cultural centers on university campuses known as Confucius Institutes as a threat to US national security, defense secretary Pete H…
"It turns out that 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" The post Pete Hegseth Designates Confucius Institutes as Natio…
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth says the department identified 80 Chinese propaganda cells across 30 universities and dismantled them within two months, using its educational funding leverage to confront organizations accused of stealing intellectual property and influencing American students.
The Department of War has officially branded China-friendly Confucius Institutes at American universities as threats to U.S. national security, Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday. “Let this be a lesson to any country trying to steal our hard-earned inventions or turn our young people against th…
The Department of War has designated Chinese-funded Confucius Institutes on American university campuses as a national security threat. China's Foreign Ministry responded Monday, saying it opposed what it called “smears and stigmatization” targeting the institutes.
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