Posted on 09/19/2023 12:33:21 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has, or has had, ties to 143 school districts in the United States, including 20 near military bases, through its "Confucius Classrooms," according to a recent report, "Little Red Classrooms: China's Infiltration of American K-12 Schools" by Parents Defending Education (PDE), a grassroots organization.
Attention to Confucius Institutes has mainly been centered around colleges and universities, but less so on K-12 education. This means that Chinese state propaganda is probably now pretty much all over American K-12 classrooms.
PDE observed that more than $17 million had been spent by the CCP on Confucius classrooms in the US between the years 2009-2023.
"Three of the nation's top science and technology high schools have ties to Chinese government affiliated programs including Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology has had ties to Tsinghua University High School—the high school affiliated with one of China's top military schools, Tsinghua University..." — Peter Wood, President, National Association of Scholars, Daily Signal, August 15, 2023.
"[W]hat's happening in these schools is that they learn that China is a benevolent institution, the heir of an ancient civilization that means nothing but goodwill to the rest of the world... And the notion that you can take children who have some aptitude for the hard sciences and math and get them to view China as a potential partner and friend... all through their educational careers. We're creating an assembly line for talented young men and women who will be unable to distinguish the American national interest from the Chinese national interest. They're getting blurred together at a young age and that's very difficult to undo once it's done." [Emphasis added.] — Peter Wood, Daily Signal, August 15, 2023.
Wood noted that CCP infiltration of American K-12 schools is "almost everywhere."
"[I]t's concentrated in the feeder schools to elite education, which means mostly West Coast and East Coast, but not exclusively those.... China's... looking for places where buying influence will yield results in the long term." — Peter Wood, Daily Signal, August 15, 2023.
"Programs vetted and managed by China's government have infiltrated 34 states and Washington, D.C., which impacts approximately 170,000 students across 143 school districts. Unfortunately, this investigation discovered 12 school systems in our own state have received money from the CCP. This includes the New York City Department of Education, which received $375,575.00 in CCP-connected funding. Considering China's adversarial relationship with the United States, this is deeply problematic and presents a national security concern for our constituents and state." [Emphasis added.] — Letter from Republican Members of Congress to New York Governor Kathy Hochul, August 21, 2023.
Hochul reportedly has close relations with CCP representatives in New York. She has repeatedly met with Huang Ping, China's New York Consul General, who once described Hochul as "an old friend," an honorific bestowed on those who have "rendered great services to China," as Clive Hamilton and Mareike Ohlberg write in their book, Hidden Hand: How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has, or has had, ties to 143 school districts in the United States, including 20 near military bases, through its "Confucius Classrooms," according to a recent report, "Little Red Classrooms: China's Infiltration of American K-12 Schools" by Parents Defending Education (PDE), a grassroots organization.
Confucius Classrooms, are, purportedly, "centers that teach Chinese language and culture."
According to the book Hidden Hand: Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World, by Clive Hamilton and Mareike Ohlberg:
"Initiated in 2004 as an innocuous way to spread the Party narrative... ostensibly devoted to teaching Chinese language and promoting Chinese culture they are, as former propaganda chief Li Changchun put it, 'an important part of China's overseas propaganda set-up.'"
In 2020, the US Department of State and the US Department of Education warned about the Confucius programs at American colleges and universities, and designated them as foreign agents:
"There is increasing evidence that they are also tools of malign PRC influence and dissemination of CCP propaganda... with the Beijing-based funding that comes with it, [they] can provide an institution with financial and other incentives to abstain from criticizing PRC policies, and may pressure the institution's faculty to censor themselves."
Attention to Confucius Institutes has mainly been centered around colleges and universities, but less so on K-12 education. This means that Chinese state propaganda is probably now pretty much all over American K-12 classrooms.
Nicole Neily, president of Parents Defending Education, said recently:
"The alarming evidence uncovered by our investigation should concern parents, educators, and policymakers alike. Families deserve to know who is influencing the American education system so that they can make informed choices about what their children are learning behind closed doors.
"The Trump administration took steps to rein in Confucius Institutes at colleges and universities. It is frightening, however, that no such transparency mandate exists at the K-12 level. Accordingly, it is imperative that elected officials at both the federal and state levels take immediate action to gauge the extent of these programs in order to ensure that American schoolchildren receive a high-quality education free from undue foreign interference."
PDE observed that more than $17 million had been spent by the CCP on Confucius classrooms in the US between the years 2009-2023. According to PDE:
"Three of the nation's top science and technology high schools have ties to Chinese government affiliated programs including Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology has had ties to Tsinghua University High School—the high school affiliated with one of China's top military schools, Tsinghua University...The CCP has had ties to school districts near 20 U.S. military bases. While the United States is not officially part of China's Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese state media has touted the work done by Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classrooms to further the Chinese Communist Party's global influence."
According to Peter Wood, president of the National Association of Scholars, China's propaganda in American K-12 schools works through omissions and praise of the Communist country that influences how children will see China as they grow up. Wood told the Daily Signal in a recent interview:
"Part of this is simply propagandizing the students so that they learn about China, but they don't learn about the South China Sea, which is being heavily militarized by China. They don't learn about the plight of the Uyghurs, the efforts to gauge in organ harvesting, the efforts to suppress Tibet.
"There are in China so many policies that violate human rights and which signal the aggressiveness of the regime there, which has its designs on becoming a worldwide hegemon, that need to be presented to Americans in a softer light.
"So what's happening in these schools is that they learn that China is a benevolent institution, the heir of an ancient civilization that means nothing but goodwill to the rest of the world...
"And the notion that you can take children who have some aptitude for the hard sciences and math and get them to view China as a potential partner and friend, I think, is very disturbing as well.
"So we have, on one hand, the broad misleading imaging of China, but also the notion that China can be a partner to these students all through their educational careers. We're creating an assembly line for talented young men and women who will be unable to distinguish the American national interest from the Chinese national interest. They're getting blurred together at a young age and that's very difficult to undo once it's done." [Emphasis added.]
Wood noted that CCP infiltration of American K-12 schools is "almost everywhere."
"That is, in every state that we've looked at, we have found instances of it, but I would say it's concentrated in the feeder schools to elite education, which means mostly West Coast and East Coast, but not exclusively those.
"The effort here is, China's not just spreading around its resources promiscuously across the land. It's looking for places where buying influence will yield results in the long term. So, it's widespread, but much more prevalent here on the East Coast and California."
China's influence in New York schools, for example, is so prevalent that several Republican Members of Congress from New York sent a letter to New York Governor Kathy Hochul, asking her to take action:
"An alarming new report has exposed how millions of dollars of funding from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have flowed into America's K-12 classrooms. Programs vetted and managed by China's government have infiltrated 34 states and Washington, D.C., which impacts approximately 170,000 students across 143 school districts. Unfortunately, this investigation discovered 12 school systems in our own state have received money from the CCP. This includes the New York City Department of Education, which received $375,575.00 in CCP-connected funding. Considering China's adversarial relationship with the United States, this is deeply problematic and presents a national security concern for our constituents and state...
"We are writing to not only share this dangerous situation, but to request that you address this concerning report and the underlying issue of CCP influence in New York K-12 education." [Emphasis added.]
Hochul reportedly has close relations with CCP representatives in New York. She has repeatedly met with Huang Ping, China's New York Consul General, who once described Hochul as "an old friend," an honorific bestowed on those who have "rendered great services to China," as Clive Hamilton and Mareike Ohlberg write in their book, Hidden Hand.
Huang has denied any Chinese wrongdoing on human rights, Taiwan or the Uyghur concentration camps, which he has said are mere "campuses" for reeducation. Most recently, Hochul sent Elaine Fan, a senior aide who is Director of Asian Affairs at the New York State Governor's Executive Chamber, to participate in an annual Chinese propaganda event, known as "An Evening of Chinese Culture" jointly hosted by the New York Mets and the Sino-American Friendship Association, a CCP-linked outfit.
Perhaps it is time for a deep-dive investigation by the US House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, chaired by Rep. Mike Gallagher?
Chinese Communists: We’ll get the Ten Commandments and American flags removed from the class buildings and ban praying by students in school and start influencing the students to hate America as racist and get them to want to change sex or become drag queens.
Handler: Already done. Now get to work on the rest.
How did this pass the top notch FBI?
“China’s Communist Party Infiltrates American K-12 Schools”
China’s at large Communist Party, aka the Democratic Party Infiltrates American K-12 Schools
There, fixed it
Just like all the scum has moved down from college, because we educate chinese communist students, they’re forcing the scum down lower along with all the other filth.
It would be beneficial to see a list of those school districts.
bttt
NY’s hoochie mama is all on board for CCP, the faithless witch.
You are correct, it would be beneficial.
Don't take this personally but one often has to do their own homework.
From the article:
https://defendinged.org/investigations/little-red-classrooms-china-infiltration-of-american-k-12-schools/
McCarthy:I TRIDE TO WARN YOU!
And tiktok..
Any parent who allows this on their kids phone...
They are a day late and dollar short. The Communists infiltrated the American Government during the Roosevelt Administration. Then They infiltrated the American Colleges during the1960s.
Yes
I don’t take it personally, you are right.
PART 5: STATES AND MILITARY BASES
Arizona
Catalina Foothills School District
International School of Tucson
Tucson Unified School District
California
Hacienda La Puente Unified School District
Los Angeles Unified School District
Manhattan Beach Unified School District
Redding School of the Arts
San Diego Unified School District
Colorado
Global Village Charter Collaborative
Connecticut
East Hartford Public Schools
Glastonbury Public Schools
Greenwich Public Schools
Newtown Public Schools
Norwalk Public Schools
Simsbury Public Schools
West Hartford Public Schools
Delaware
Appoquinimink School District
Florida
Charlotte County Public Schools
Pinellas County Schools
Georgia
Fulton County Schools
Illinois
Chicago Public Schools
Huntley Community School District 158
Lake Forest High School District 115
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Community School District
Kentucky
Beechwood Independent School District
Carroll County Schools
Cloverport Independent School District
Fayette County Public Schools
Fleming County Schools
Francis Parker School of Louisville (St. Francis High School)
Hardin County Public Schools
Henderson County Schools
Jefferson County Public Schools
Louisville Collegiate School
Montgomery County Schools
Oldham County Schools
Simpson County Schools
Maine
Oxford Hills School District
Maryland
Garrison Forest School
Massachusetts
Andover Public Schools
Boston Renaissance Charter Public School
Brooks School
Lexington School District
Medfield Public Schools
Michigan
Forest Hills Public Schools
Grosse Point Public School System
Oxford Community Schools
Portage Public Schools
Roeper School
Minnesota
Minnetonka Public Schools
Rochester Public Schools
St. Cloud Area School District
Nevada
Alexander Dawson School
Clark County School District
New Hampshire
Keene School District
New Jersey
Bergenfield Public School District
Englewood Public School District
Glen Ridge Public Schools
Lawrence Township Public Schools
Peddie School
Piscataway Township School District
Princeton Public Schools
The Pingry School
Wardlaw-Hartridge School
West Orange Public Schools
New York
Dalton School
Half Hallow Hills Central School District
Herricks Public Schools
Jericho Public Schools
Massapequa School District
New York City Department of Education
Nichols School
Oneida-Herkimer-Madison BOCES
Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District
Ramapo Central School District
Suffern Central School District
Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES
North Carolina
Carrabus County Schools
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Cumberland County Schools
Envision Science Academy
Guilford County Schools
Mount Airy City Schools
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
Randolph County Schools
Union County Public Schools
Wake County Public Schools
Winston-Salem/ Forsyth County Schools
Ohio
Brooklyn City School District
Chagrin Falls Schools
Columbus School for Girls
Gahanna-Jefferson School District
Shaker Heights Schools
Winton Woods City School District
Oklahoma
Heritage Hall
Tulsa Public Schools
Oregon
Beaverton School District
Bend – La Pine Schools
Hillsboro School District
St. Mary’s School
Sisters School District
West Linn-Wilsonville School District
Pennsylvania
Germantown Academy
School District of Philadelphia
Sewickley Academy
Southern Lehigh School District
State College Area School District
The Hill School
Rhode Island
South Kingstown Schools
Westerly Public Schools
Tennessee
Sumner County Schools
Texas
Austin Independent School District
Coppell Independent School District
Episcopal School of Dallas
Highland Park Independent School District
Houston Independent School District
Mathis Independent School District
North East Independent School District
YES Prep Public Schools – Brays-Oaks
Yselta Independent School District
Utah
Davis School District
Granite School District
Provo City School District
Renaissance Academy
Salt Lake City School District
Vermont
Arlington School District
Virginia
Collegiate School
Fairfax County Public Schools
Falls Church City Public Schools
Norfolk Public Schools
Virginia Beach City Public Schools
Washington
Bellevue School District
Issaquah School District 411
Peninsula School District
Seattle Public Schools
Washington D.C.
Washington DC International School
West Virginia
Harrison County School District
Monongalia County Schools
Wisconsin
Kettle Moraine School District
Oconomowoc Area School District
School District of Janesville
University School of Milwaukee
Wyoming
Natrona County School District
Military Bases Nearby These School Districts:
U.S. Naval Academy and Naval Support Activity (NSA) Annapolis
Buckley Air Force Base and Space Force
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Dover Air Force Base
Fort Bliss
Fort Liberty (formerly known as Fort Bragg)
Fort Knox
Naval Station Great Lakes
Hanscom Air Force Base
Hill Air Force Base
Lackland Air Force Base
Langley Air Force Base
Los Angeles Air Force Base
MacDill Air Force Base
McGuire Air Force Base
U.S. Coast Guard Academy and Naval Submarine Base New London
Nellis Air Force Base
Naval Station Norfolk
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Naval Base San Diego
References
1 “Fairfax County Public Schools’ top STEM Academy Fund received over a million dollars in funding from Chinese organizations, documents show,” Defendinged.org, (3/7/23), Accessed July 11, 2023, https://defendinged.org/investigations/fairfax-county-public-schools-top-stem-academy-fund-received-over-a-million-dollars-in-funding-from-chinese-organizations-documents-show/
2 Interestingly, Portland State University in 2021 wrote a disengagement letter, noting that it would end its Confucius Institute ties. A Sisters School District Budget from 2022-2023 notes that it works with Portland State University’s Confucius Institute to provide Mandarin programming.
3 Portman, Rob and Tom Carper, “China’s Impact on the U.S. Education System,” Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Accessed July 11, 2023, https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/imo/media/doc/PSI%20Report%20China’s%20Impact%20on%20the%20US%20Education%20System.pdf
5 https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/01/16/how-china-infiltrated-us-classrooms-216327/
6 “Confucius Institute Annual Development Report 2017,” Hanban, Accessed July 11, 2023, https://web.archive.org/web/20190620174721/http:/www.hanban.org/report/2017.pdf
7 https://www.brookings.edu/articles/its-time-for-a-new-policy-on-confucius-institutes/
8 “Corrupting the College Board: Confucius Institutes and K-12 Education,” National Association of Scholars, Accessed July 11, 2023, https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED609566.pdf
9 2014 National Chinese Language Conference,” Asia Society, Accessed July 11, 2023, https://asiasociety.org/sites/default/files/N/NCLC14%20Program%20Book.pdf
12 https://www.aspi.org.au/report/china-defence-universities-tracker
14 “Sisters School District #6 Adopted Budget 2022-2023,” Accessed July 11, 2023, http://ssd6.org/files/2022/06/0.0-22-23-ADOPTED-BUDGET.pdf
15 “International Leadership of Texas Global,” (7/11/23), https://www.iltexasglobal.org
16 Every day we work to build connections,” Go Global NC, https://globalnc.orgin
17 Go Global NC Council Inc. Full text of “Form 990, Schedule I” for Fiscal Year ending June 2021,” Accessed July 11, 2023, https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/561751280/202231339349305433/IRS990ScheduleI
18 “NCSSM wins Confucius Classroom of the Year Award,” (1/17/18), Accessed July 11, 2023, North Carolina School for Science and Technology, https://www.ncssm.edu/stories/2018/01/17/ncssm-wins-confucius-classroom-of-the-year-award
19 http://www.wku.edu/academy/news/index.php?view=article&articleid=3300&return=archive
20 https:www.wku.edu/academy/news/index.php?view=article&articleid=4138
Since the government’s indoctrination asylums are already totally controlled by the American Communist party, why should the chicom addition be such a big event?
"Three of the nation's top science and technology high schools have ties to Chinese government affiliated programs including Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology has had ties to Tsinghua University High School—the high school affiliated with one of China's top military schools, Tsinghua University..." — Peter Wood, President, National Association of Scholars, Daily Signal, August 15, 2023.A pox on them.
Sure can’t say we were not warned. The sad fact is of course that this is old news.
- Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers' associations. Put the party line in textbooks.
- Gain control of all student newspapers.
- Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations which are under communist attack. …
— From the 45 communist goals for the USA
- Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as “normal, natural, healthy.”
- Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with “social” religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity, which does not need a “religious crutch.”
- Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of “separation of church and state.”
- Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis.
- Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the “common man”.
- Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of the “big picture.” Give more emphasis to Russian (Chinese, etc.) history since the communists took over.
- Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the culture—education, social agencies, welfare programs, mental health clinics, etc. …
FBI response today:
你们所有的学校都属于我们。
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