Notable in the wake of 2 years of virus distraction:
"Around 2018, at their American peak, the U.S. hosted roughly 100, out of 550 total [Confucious Institutes, aka CIs] around the world. According to a recent Senate investigation, the Chinese government spent over $150 million on CIs in America from 2006 to 2019."
and
"According to the National Association of Scholars, as of late February [2022], only 19 CIs were left in the United States, a more than 70 percent reduction from their peak just a few years ago."
Personally, I doubt these CCP efforts have just melted away.
The contrast between the ease with which a speaker like Millward can present in a university environment and the challenges a Conservative speaker faces (to state nothing of the efforts to impede such presentations, coupled with all variety of actions) is obviously notable. I fully expected resistance to Mattox's 'experiment', and did NOT expect that the number of Confucious Institutes had dropped so precipitously.
There is still no federal law which compels universities to make their contracts/MOUs with the Chinese government public.
The sidebar observation of the Chinese students printing off CCP propaganda in the copy center was never thoroughly analyzed by this biased author.
There was little analysis of the influence of the CSSA.
The use of USB drives to distribute CI documentation is a particularly troubling aspect revealed in this piece - coupled with the university IT department's cited indifference - which merits further investigation.
Interesting read. Thanks
Article III, Section 3, Clause 1:Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.
The US should start prosecuting US citizens on the staffs of US colleges who act a agents of the PRC, for treason. China is no friend of the US at this time. Chinese students who act on behalf of the PRC should have their visas cancelled and be promptly deported.
Bummer we drove Russia to align with China as things will now be pretty much lopsided against us soon.
Mattox had also invited everyone at the CI to a welcome dinner for Millward at his house the night before his lecture. As the day drew closer, Chinese staff began bowing out, telling Mattox they had other obligations. Not a single one ended up coming. “It was kinda hilarious,” Mattox told me. “Me, this white guy, ending up throwing a dinner party of Chinese food for almost no one from China at my house.”
When Millward went inside, the Chinese teachers from the CI left, along with all but one of the CSSA students and his faculty adviser. Of the over 60 people who attended the talk, they were the only two Chinese nationals in the audience.