Confucius Institutes Rebrand as Chinese Influence Persists at US Schools

Commentary Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said on Oct. 23 that the Pentagon had dismantled 80 programs at 30 U.S. universities where China’s Confucius Institutes, the CCP-funded language and culture centers, had officially closed but continued operating under new names, often with the same Chinese partners. The first U.S. Confucius Institute opened at the University […]