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Rep. Buck Calls on US Universities to Shut Down CCP ‘Propaganda Machines’

streetwisepol September 16, 2021 CCP, China, Confucius Institute, Politics, propaganda, US, US News, US-China Relations Comments Off on Rep. Buck Calls on US Universities to Shut Down CCP ‘Propaganda Machines’
Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) is hoping to dismantle the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) influence on American academic institutions through Beijing-funded Confucius Institutes. The congressman earlier this week submitted an amendment (pdf) to the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a massive defense bill that authorizes spending levels for defense, seeking to bar the use of funds from the legislation to provide grants to “any academic institution that receives funding from the Chinese Communist Party, the Chinese Government or its affiliates, or hosts a Confucius Institute.” In an exclusive interview with The Epoch Times, Buck described Confucius Institutes as “an avenue for the Chinese government to spread propaganda on U.S. campuses.” “The propaganda is misleading and untruthful,” he added. “We as a government should not be funding institutions of higher education that are using and allowing Chinese propaganda to be spread.” Billed as Chinese language and culture programs, Beijing-funded Confucius Institutes have drawn …

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