Quote:The Biden administration quietly withdrew a rule proposed by the Trump administration that would have required American schools and universities to disclose their partnerships with Confucius Institutes, which some U.S. officials allege are front groups for Chinese Communist Party propaganda.

The Trump administration submitted a proposed rule to the Department of Homeland Security on Dec. 31, 2020, entitled “Establishing Requirement for Student and Exchange Visitor Program Certified Schools to Disclose Agreements with Confucius Institutes and Classrooms.”

Around 500 K-12 schools and 65 colleges in the U.S. have partnerships with the Confucius Institute U.S. Center, a U.S.-based affiliate of the Beijing-based Confucius Institute Headquarters. The institute, also known as Hanban, is affiliated with the Chinese Ministry of Education.

Many of Hanban’s directors are members of the Chinese Communist Party or have close ties to the organization, The Daily Caller has previously reported.

The Trump-era proposal was withdrawn from consideration on Jan. 26, according to information at RegInfo.gov, the website for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), which operates under the Office of Management and Budget and the White House.

The OIRA website does not provide any other information about the proposal, or why it was tabled. The website does say that at any point in the review process for a proposed rule, “an agency may withdraw its rule from review and choose not to move forward with it or to resubmit it after further consideration.”

A spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a component of DHS, confirmed that the rule was withdrawn on Jan. 26.

The spokesperson did not elaborate on the reason for withdrawing the rule, and declined to speculate on whether the Biden administration will re-submit it.

“ICE does not speculate about future pre-decisional proposed rules or policies,” the spokesperson told The Daily Caller News Foundation.

President Joe Biden has pledged to review and potentially nullify many of President Trump’s executive orders, particularly those related to immigration issues, which fall under the control of DHS.

Axios reported on Jan. 11 that the Trump administration was trying to push through a rule that would require colleges and K-12 schools to disclose any financial ties to Confucius Institutes. The story noted that Biden could quickly undo the rule once he took office.

In August, the Trump administration labeled the Confucius Institutes U.S. Center a “foreign mission” of the Chinese Communist Party, a designation typically used for foreign embassies and consulates.

The Foreign Missions Act applies to entities that are “substantially owned or effectively controlled by a foreign government.”

Trump administration officials said that the Chinese government used the Confucius Institutes as part of its propaganda and influence efforts in the U.S.

Sec. of State Mike Pompeo, who spearheaded many of the Trump administration’s China initiatives, said on Aug. 13 that the Confucius Institute was “an entity controlled by the PRC that advances Beijing’s global propaganda and malign influence campaign on U.S. campuses and K-12 classrooms.”

The Confucius Institute U.S. did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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While he's burning down America, still the libtards clap and defend him.

(02-10-2021 01:00 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  While he's burning down America, still the libtards clap and defend him.

They are not paying attention. The only thing that matters is Trump Trump Trump.

(02-10-2021 01:07 PM)Was SoMs Eagle Wrote:  

(02-10-2021 01:00 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  While he's burning down America, still the libtards clap and defend him.

They are not paying attention. The only thing that matters is Trump Trump Trump.

They've all dreamed of Mao Jacket wardrobes and Little Red Books in their pockets since College.

They have an office in the West Wing also.

Hes gonna beat out the jug eared kenyan at this rate

Quote:The University of California-Berkeley jointly operated a research center in China that gave economic advice to the Chinese Communist Party.

According to a report by the Washington Free Beacon, the university began operating the Guizhou Berkeley Big Data Innovation Research Center (GBIC) in Sept. 2016 alongside the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Chinese province of Guizhou’s local government. The center is located, as the name suggests, in the province of Guizhou, which is relatively poor and underdeveloped.

According to a press release from the Guizhou government, the center began researching “big data, technological development, studying industrial innovation, incubation, and training.” These technologies are imperative for China to establish domestic and international dominance.

In a 2020 report, the RAND Corporation concluded that Beijing has placed a newfound emphasis on big data to increase its political and military standing. According to the report, the Chinese government believes that an increase in big data would help its public security forces, undergird its Social Credit System, and position China to win future military conflicts.

In the same press release, a Berkeley researcher said that the center would provide data support for the local Chinese government “in making economic decisions and improving public services.”

The taxpayer-funded university admitted in a description of the program that the goal of the research center was to “develop a state-of-the-art platform for Chinese, US, and international researchers and industry to conduct big data research.” Following the Free Beacon’s reporting, the university removed the webpage.

A Berkeley spokesperson told the Free Beacon that the GBIC program is “no longer functioning” and has not been for the last year.

According to the Department of Education’s dataset on foreign donations, the GBIC has funneled nearly $1.9 million to the University of California-Berkeley over the three-year operating period.

Foreign influence is a growing trend on American college campuses. A review of federal records found that more than 100 U.S. universities have Confucius Institutes, a Chinese government-backed program that pushes Chinese state-sponsored propaganda on American students.

Universities that do work with foreign nations seldom disclose their financial relationships. Data from the Department of Education show that several top-tier universities, including Cornell and Yale, failed to report more than $3 billion in foreign gifts and funds, much of which came from hostile nations such as China.

The University of California-Berkeley is not alone in its explicit ties to foreign governments either. According to the Clarion Project, Northwestern University’s esteemed journalism program accepted hundred of millions in funding from Qatar and a regime-backed foundation that has links to terrorism. Northwestern also worked hand-in-hand with Al Jazeera — a publication routinely condemned for its anti-semitic takes — to conduct joint research and education programs.

The University of California-Berkeley did not respond to requests for comment in time for publication.

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