Biden Blocks Plan to Investigate China’s Infiltration of American Schools

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Biden admin quietly blocks plan to investigate Chinese infiltration of American schools

Joe Biden has abruptly ditched plans to investigate the rising influence of the Chinese Communist Party in American schools, according to reports.

According to a report by the Daily Caller News Foundation, the Biden administration has cancelled a plan put in place by former President Donald Trump to track China’s infiltration in the U.S. education system.

“Around 500 K-12 schools and 65 colleges in the U.S. have partnerships with the Confucius Institute U.S. Center, a U.S.-based affiliate of the Beijing-based Confucius Institute Headquarters,” the DNCF notes.

“The institute, also known as Hanban, is affiliated with the Chinese Ministry of Education,” the report continues.

“Many of Hanban’s directors are members of the Chinese Communist Party or have close ties to the organization.”

Dailycaller.com reports: The Trump-era proposal was withdrawn from consideration on Jan. 26, according to information at RegInfo.gov, the website for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), which operates under the Office of Management and Budget and the White House.

The OIRA website does not provide any other information about the proposal, or why it was tabled. The website does say that at any point in the review process for a proposed rule, “an agency may withdraw its rule from review and choose not to move forward with it or to resubmit it after further consideration.”

A spokesperson for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a component of DHS, confirmed that the rule was withdrawn on Jan. 26.

The spokesperson did not elaborate on the reason for withdrawing the rule, and declined to speculate on whether the Biden administration will re-submit it.

“ICE does not speculate about future pre-decisional proposed rules or policies,” the spokesperson told The Daily Caller News Foundation.

President Joe Biden has pledged to review and potentially nullify many of President Trump’s executive orders, particularly those related to immigration issues, which fall under the control of DHS.

Axios reported on Jan. 11 that the Trump administration was trying to push through a rule that would require colleges and K-12 schools to disclose any financial ties to Confucius Institutes. The story noted that Biden could quickly undo the rule once he took office. 

In August, the Trump administration labeled the Confucius Institutes U.S. Center a “foreign mission” of the Chinese Communist Party, a designation typically used for foreign embassies and consulates.

The Foreign Missions Act applies to entities that are “substantially owned or effectively controlled by a foreign government.”

Trump administration officials said that the Chinese government used the Confucius Institutes as part of its propaganda and influence efforts in the U.S.

Sec. of State Mike Pompeo, who spearheaded many of the Trump administration’s China initiatives, said on Aug. 13 that the Confucius Institute was “an entity controlled by the PRC that advances Beijing’s global propaganda and malign influence campaign on U.S. campuses and K-12 classrooms.”

The Confucius Institute U.S. did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

1 Comment

  1. China and Russia are both really controlled by the City .Transparent as .All this nationalistic war drum rattling claptraps because the City are major military industrialists and their bankers

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