Biden's CIA nominee says US colleges should cut ties with China-backed Confucius Institutes

admin President Biden's pick for CIA director appeased GOP lawmakers Wednesday after he suggested Confucius Institute programs should be barred from U.S. public schools and universities. Confucius Institutes, which receive significant funding from the People's Republic of China (PRC), are educational partnership programs for students outside of China, including in the United States, to learn Chinese languages and culture. But in recent years they have garnered attention for suspected propagandistic agendas. STEFANIK PROPOSES LEGISLATION TO LIMIT FEDERAL FUNDING FOR COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES WITH CHINESE PARTNERSHIPS "I think what the Confucius Institutes do, and I'm no expert on them, is to promote…