Democrats Protect Chinese Communist Propaganda ‘Confucius’ Groups From Punitive Action


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https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/democrats-protect-chinese-communist-propaganda-confucius-groups-from-punitive-action/ House Democrats revised a bill targetting universities that house Chinese government-funded “Confucius Institutes,” blocking the Department of Education’s ability to restrict their funding and curtail Chinese Communist Party influence on campus. The bill, which unanimously passed in the Senate, included a provision that allowed the Department of Education to withhold funding from universities hosting Chinese government-backed Confucius Institutes. The amended version, which passed Congress on December 11th, significantly neutered this provision. Now, only the Defense Department to withhold federal funding from universities. According to a senior congressional aide, the amendment narrowed the bill to “safeguarding Defense-funded research activities instead...