{"id":247317,"date":"2021-03-18T13:15:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T17:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=247317"},"modified":"2021-03-18T13:15:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T17:15:13","slug":"tufts-closes-china-backed-confucius-institute-after-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tufts-closes-china-backed-confucius-institute-after-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Tufts Closes China-Backed Confucius Institute After Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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%2Ftufts-closes-china-backed-confucius-institute-after-protests%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=247317&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/China-Flag-4-e1602778068266.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tufts University announced on Wednesday it will close its China-backed Confucius Institute after months of protests from<\/span>&nbsp;students and local activists.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The university&#8217;s closure of its Confucius Institute came after months of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/activists-blast-tufts-university-for-chinese-communist-party-ties\/\">protests<\/a>&nbsp;from local Taiwanese, Uighur, Tibetan, and Hong Konger citizens who, along with several student groups, saw the Chinese organization as a threat to political and academic freedom on campus. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Campus<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0 \">\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/tufts-closes-china-backed-confucius-institute-after-protests\/\"><strong>Tufts Closes China-Backed Confucius Institute After Protests<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/newsom-says-virtual-learning-has-been-brutal-his-kids-have-been-in-school-since-november\/\"><strong>Newsom Says Virtual Learning Has Been Brutal. His Kids Have Been in School Since November.<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/california-teacher-sues-union-over-push-to-defund-school-police\/\"><strong>California Teacher Sues Union Over Push to Defund School Police<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Confucius Institute, which the Trump administration designated as a &#8220;foreign mission&#8221; of the Chinese Communist Party, runs a network of campus outposts that often coerce Chinese students into advancing Beijing&#8217;s interests and promote curricula that parrot China&#8217;s talking points on sensitive issues. In recent months, both senior diplomats and congressional Republicans have <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/rubio-wilson-introduce-bill-targeting-china-creep-on-campus\/\">identified<\/a> the China-funded institution as a national security threat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Howard Fass, the president of the Massachusetts chapter of the Formosan Association for Public Affairs, a nonprofit that advocates for Taiwanese independence, said months of relentless commitment from activists and students helped push China off campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Tufts did not [close its Confucius Institute] because they wanted to. In fact, they did everything they could to keep it as long as they could,&#8221; Fass said. &#8220;They finally closed it because they saw that our collective resolve was unbending and that we would not give up with our peaceful protest for truth.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For weeks, activists protested on campus and outside the home of Tufts University president Anthony Monaco. The activists said they sent the university and&nbsp;<\/span>multiple members of Congress more than 600 letters urging the school to close the institute.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the closure marks a hard-fought victory for the activists and students, Tufts reaffirmed its commitment to cooperating with China through other programs. The university maintains strong ties with Beijing Normal University, a school under the oversight of the Chinese Communist Party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;We remain committed to international engagement with our partners and are enthused by increased student interest in Chinese language and culture,&#8221; administrators<\/span>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/provost.tufts.edu\/blog\/news\/2021\/03\/17\/decision-to-close-the-confucius-institute-at-tufts-university\/\">said<\/a>&nbsp;in a statement. &#8220;The [Confucius Institute] has made a valuable contribution to Chinese language and culture learning at Tufts and helped to facilitate Tufts&#8217;s important relationship with [Beijing Normal University]. 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