Pentagon Designates Confucius Institutes a National Security Threat
Hegseth said 80 propaganda cells at 30 universities were dismantled after audits found the centers used different names and charters.
- On Friday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the Defense Department has designated Confucius Institutes as a threat to national security, prompting their removal from universities.
- Washington has long accused the institutes of acting as propaganda tools, and Hegseth alleged these "Chinese government-backed propaganda cultural programs" returned under different names after Congress banned them years ago.
- "It turns out that 80 new propaganda cells across 30 universities had popped up using different names," Hegseth said, claiming the mission was to steal intellectual property and infiltrate American minds.
- Over the past two months, the Defense Department has "systematically dismantled every single one of these organizations," following university audits completed earlier this month.
- The Chinese embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to requests for comment regarding the Pentagon's security designation and removal of these cultural centers.
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In 30 universities in the United States, sleeping cells were working to steal intellectual property in favour of China, announced the head of Pentagon Pete Hegset, who also directed students against the U.S., quoted RIA News as saying that the head of the U.S. defense agency had been using his video message to the social media of H. Hegset, recalling the ban on the Confucius Institutes imposed by the U.S. Congress, calling them "China's governme…
Hegseth dismantles Chinese 'sleeper organizations' at universities
The Pentagon has dismantled 80 Chinese “propaganda cells” at colleges and universities across the United States in the past two months, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced on Friday. In a video posted to X, Hegseth talked about “Confucius Institutes” at American higher education institutions, saying that although Congress has acted to restrict the Chinese-backed […]
The Pentagon banned and dismantled Chinese educational institutions to prevent them from "penetrating the consciousness of American students" through "propaganda" The post US accuses China's "Confucius Institutes" as "enemies of national security" appeared first on in.gr.
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Pentagon designates Confucius Institutes in US a national security threat
WASHINGTON, Oct 23 - The US Defense Department has designated Chinese-funded cultural centers on university campuses known as Confucius Institutes as a threat to US national security, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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