An incomplete list is threaded below.
If you’re an alum (or a taxpayer for a state school), you should urge them to close.
@GWtweets / @GWConfucius
GW rejected pressure from the FBI and beyond to close their institute. gwhatchet.com/2019/01/31/ami…
@GeorgeMasonU
GMU, you’ll remember, made news and apologized for accepting inappropriate gifts from the Koch organization. Yet they maintain their Confucius Institute, funding by the Chinese Communist Party. nas.org/blogs/article/…
@Columbia
Good reporting on this one here by @tendor columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2020/0…
@TuftsUniversity, who rebuffed a request from @sethmoulton to close the institute as a propaganda mill for China, despite 20 other schools taking action.
insidehighered.com/quicktakes/201…
@UofSC
USC ignored the FBI, who urged them to close their Confucius institute for being a China government front. google.com/amp/s/amp.thes…
@universityofky / @UKConfucius
UK took almost $2 million from the Chinese government in 2015 to expand theirs. google.com/amp/s/amp.kent…
@GeorgiaStateU
GSU even got an award from China’s Ministry of Education. Something tells me they may want to give this one back. globalatlanta.com/georgia-state-…
@UofOklahoma
UofO may have evaded foreign contributions reporting requirements when they took $1 million from the Chinese government in 2018. ocpathink.org/post/ou-founda…
@UCLA / @uclaconfucius
UCLA also ignored FBI warnings about the danger of the institutes as spying and propaganda mechanisms for the CCP. dailybruin.com/2018/02/15/des…
@Stanford
Stanford was warned that their CI could be engaged in espionage back in 2014 and have ignored concerns since. forbes.com/sites/eamonnfi…
@HoustonISD / @HISD_Confucius
Houston public schools continue to work with the Chinese Communist Party despite @tedcruz leading the charge in opposing these institutes. npr.org/2019/07/17/741…
@browardschools / @BCPSConfucius
This despite @marcorubio urging FL schools to close their institutes back in 2018 (and since). politico.com/states/florida…
@williamandmary
W&M got into a tift with Beijing back in 2014 about inviting the Dalai Lama to campus, and had to fly to CCP HQ to apologize. motherjones.com/politics/2019/…