{"id":1571345,"date":"2022-07-26T09:52:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T13:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1571345"},"modified":"2022-07-26T09:52:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T13:52:46","slug":"gops-press-defense-secretary-on-federal-funds-to-colleges-tied-to-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gops-press-defense-secretary-on-federal-funds-to-colleges-tied-to-beijing\/","title":{"rendered":"GOPs Press Defense Secretary on Federal Funds to Colleges Tied to Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgops-press-defense-secretary-on-federal-funds-to-colleges-tied-to-beijing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1571345&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A group of Republican lawmakers is pushing Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on federal funds flowing to U.S. universities with ties to Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and 56 of his GOP colleagues sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/584104643\/Rep-Jim-Banks-letter-to-Sec-Def-Lloyd-Austin-on-funding-to-PRC-connected-colleges?secret_password=wComZJqk1FNeKfDPslxo#download\">letter<\/a> to Austin on July 25, asking the secretary why federal funds were going to schools that are linked to the Chinese Communist Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have learned that DoD [Department of Defense] has awarded funding with contractual periods extending beyond October 1, 2023, to some universities, including a number of major state universities,\u201d the lawmakers wrote, adding that all these institutions are currently carrying a program or institute \u201cdirectly or indirectly funded, or materially supported\u201d by the communist regime of China.<\/p>\n<p>The timeline mentioned refers to a law that will go into effect in 14 months, restricting grants to any U.S. academic institutions hosting Beijing-funded programs.<\/p>\n<p>The 9-page letter spotlighted Beijing-funded Confucius Institutes (CI) on U.S. campuses, which Beijing once called \u201can important part of China\u2019s overseas propaganda setup.\u201d Given their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscc.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/Research\/China%27s%20Overseas%20United%20Front%20Work%20-%20Background%20and%20Implications%20for%20US_final_0.pdf\">longstanding and formal ties<\/a>\u00a0to the regime\u2019s foreign influence operations, the presence of CIs has raised serious concerns about China\u2019s attempts to infringe on academic freedom and illicit technology transfer on American campuses since the mid-2000s.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/07\/06\/CI-1200x797.jpg\"><\/a> Opponents of the Confucius Institutes rally in front of the Toronto District School Board on Oct. 1, 2014. (Zhou Xing\/Epoch Times) <\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers noted the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a massive bill that funds the military, which banned federal grants to any academic institution that hosts a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-Confucius-Institute\">Confucius Institute<\/a> and \u201cpressured most American universities to close Confucius Institutes on their campuses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConfucius Institutes, however, are far from meeting their demise on our university campuses,\u201d the Republicans wrote, citing a June <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/new-report-warns-of-confucius-institute-rebrand_4549345.html\">report<\/a> by the National Association of Scholars (NAS) that warns that China has rebranded its<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of Republican lawmakers is pushing Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on federal funds flowing to U.S. universities with ties to Beijing. 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