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Earlier this week, while I was visiting London, a senior British official asked me whether the United States would follow his government’s lead and commit itself to phase out all the Confucius Institutes operating on its territory. His question was prompted by a debate in the House of Commons on Nov. 1, when Minister for Security Tom Tugendhat, responding to questions put to him by senior backbencher and former Conservative Party leader Sir Iain Duncan-Smith, announced that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is “looking to close” the 30 Confucius Institutes in the United Kingdom. Tugendhat added, “Confucius Institutes pose a threat...
