As China reportedly maintains its enduring influence on American higher education by seeking to rebrand its Confucius Institutes (CI) in U.S. universities, Democrats have still refused to get tougher on the regime to counter its further infiltration, according to Republican lawmakers.
“With Joe Biden in the White House, we’re seeing … their Confucius Institute and the threats that they pose, [including] espionage on college campuses, malign influences on American universities through Confucius Institutes, have come back under different names,” Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ohio) recently told the “Capitol Report” program on NTD, an affiliate of The Epoch Times.
“The threat is still there. In fact, it’s growing because we have an administration that isn’t just turning a blind eye, they’re welcoming a rise of Chinese malign influence in the United States,” Banks said….