The Confucius Institutes are basically intel outposts for spying on research faculty and labs at certain universities. It would stand to reason that these centers are also the conduits through which bribes flow to U.S. scientists willing to share research with the CCP for cash.
They are also there to provide a base for keeping an eye on Chinese students in the USA to make sure they don’t stray.
They even hunt them down and beat them.
The Biden people really showed whose side they were on when they revoked Trump’s order on disclosure.
One would think “Why would they be worried about disclosing that relationship?”
Why indeed.