Educational institutes are a prime target in China's attempts to subvert the United States, not only in colleges and universities but K-12 schools. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) detailed examples of how the Chinese have infiltrated schools nationwide in a recent op-ed for the New York Post and has introduced legislation to combat it.
While Sen. Rubio noted in his op-ed that many colleges and universities have eliminated the Chinese-tied Confucius Institutes, others maintain them under new names and structures. Additionally, there are now Confucius Classrooms, programs that function like the Institutes but on a grade-school level.
More worryingly, China's influence on American education is not always obvious, for schools have raked in billions of dollars from Chinese sources through gifts and contracts.
Rubio Introduces Bill to Protect Education from Foreign Influence
Marco Rubio by Gage Skidmore is licensed under Flickr Creative Commons
Marco Rubio by Gage Skidmore is licensed under Flickr Creative Commons
Source:
The Floridian
