House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and other senior GOP representatives on Wednesday urged President Joe Biden to “resubmit the previously proposed rule regarding Confucius Institute reporting without delay” to forge solutions in the face of “CCP threats to U.S. education and research integrity.” “Addressing the generational threat of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is a preeminent national security concern for the United States,” McCarthy said in the statement. “Among the multitude of threats we face stemming from China, the CCP’s abuse of America’s academic system to steal sensitive research and technology, limit free expression, and propagandize our students is of particular concern.” Confucius Institutes bill themselves as places to learn Mandarin, study Chinese culture, and land a scholarship. They’re funded and largely staffed by Hanban, a nonprofit that claims to be non-governmental, but is in fact directly controlled by the CCP from Beijing, according to a report by the Senate …