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Senate panel wants Chinese-funded institutes to change or leave U.S.
Reuters ^ | 27 Feb 2019 | Patricia Zengerle

Posted on 02/28/2019 1:52:13 AM PST by blueplum

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China has provided over $158 million to U.S. schools for Confucius Institutes to promote Chinese culture, U.S. Senate investigators said on Wednesday, releasing a report saying the centers have acted as tightly controlled propaganda arms for Beijing and should be changed - or shut down. The Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations spent eight months investigating the Confucius Institutes...(snip)

...many staff had obtained the wrong type of visa and that 70 percent of U.S. colleges and universities that received at least $250,000 per year from the Chinese government did not report it...

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; confuciusinstitutes; congress; education; senate

1 posted on 02/28/2019 1:52:13 AM PST by blueplum
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To: blueplum

enthusiastic golf clap.


2 posted on 02/28/2019 2:06:29 AM PST by Fhios
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To: blueplum

This Republic desperately needs repentance, revival and a return to Almighty God who smiled on our founding. Only after that can we expect wisdom, which is a gift from God to His people,to be gradually infused into our political system. The result will be astounding if God grants us the time.


3 posted on 02/28/2019 2:35:07 AM PST by jimbug
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To: blueplum

The next step is to do this for public schools in general.


4 posted on 02/28/2019 4:37:07 AM PST by fruser1
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To: All

Confucius Says : man with hand in pocket feels foolish but man with hole in pocket feels nuts


5 posted on 02/28/2019 4:39:12 AM PST by escapefromboston (Free Assange)
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To: Fhios

Why? The Chicom propaganda and spy shops that bought their way onto so many of our campuses should be shut down. No federal funds for any schools that support and enable them.


6 posted on 02/28/2019 5:12:37 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

I think it’s more complicated than you think. think of it as a shot across the bow.

And I did say golf clap.


7 posted on 02/28/2019 5:57:33 AM PST by Fhios
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To: Fhios

What complications have you got in mind?


8 posted on 02/28/2019 6:07:45 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

I believe I answered your first question already. I suggest you contemplate the situation and apply real world meaning to it all.


9 posted on 02/28/2019 6:25:47 AM PST by Fhios
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To: Fhios

What, as long as Xi says he’s going to buy enough soybeans we’ll lay off?


10 posted on 02/28/2019 6:37:53 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Fhios

I’m thinking maybe you don’t know what “golf clap” means in the context you just used it.


11 posted on 02/28/2019 6:39:02 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

I’m thinking your in your troll mode with a smidgen of pick a fight


12 posted on 02/28/2019 6:55:54 AM PST by Fhios
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