Pentagon designates China-backed campus cultural centers a threat to US national security
Summary
The US Department of Defense has labeled Chinese-funded Confucius Institutes on university campuses as a threat to national security. The Pentagon says these centers have been used to steal ideas and influence American students, and it has been working to close them down.Key Facts
- Confucius Institutes are Chinese-funded cultural centers on US university campuses.
- The US defense department considers these centers a national security threat.
- They accuse the institutes of spreading propaganda and trying to influence students.
- About 80 new centers were found across 30 universities using different names.
- The mission of these centers includes stealing intellectual property and influencing minds.
- The Pentagon has been dismantling these institutes over the past two months.
- The Chinese embassy in Washington has not commented on these claims.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced this information in a social media video.
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