{"id":628750,"date":"2021-08-10T07:36:51","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T11:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=628750"},"modified":"2021-08-10T07:36:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T11:36:54","slug":"indianas-attorney-general-launches-probe-into-chinese-communist-partys-domestic-propaganda-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indianas-attorney-general-launches-probe-into-chinese-communist-partys-domestic-propaganda-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana\u2019s Attorney General Launches Probe Into Chinese Communist Party\u2019s Domestic Propaganda Program"},"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%2Findianas-attorney-general-launches-probe-into-chinese-communist-partys-domestic-propaganda-program%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=628750&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\/04\/fb_image-690.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is expected to announce on Tuesday morning that he has launched an investigation into Valparaiso University\u2019s association with the Confucius Institutes, which are widely believed to serve as a propaganda arm of the Chinese Communist Party.<\/p>\n<p>Rokita\u2019s office said in a statement that the investigation will \u201clook into any possible violation of the Higher Education Act of 1965 or Indiana\u2019s Deceptive Consumer Sales Act\u201d and seeks to identify and get to the bottom of \u201cthe true intent of any relationships between Valparaiso University\u2019s programming and the Chinese Communist Party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rokita\u2019s office added:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"22\">\n<p>The Chinese Communist Party has made no secret regarding the intent and purposes of Confucius Institutes embedded in American universities. In a 2010 People\u2019s Daily article, Chinese \u201cMinister of Propaganda\u201d Liu Yunshan said these institutes exist to \u201ccoordinate the efforts of overseas and domestic propaganda, [and] further create a favorable international environment for us.\u201d He goes on to say, \u201cWith regard to key issues that influence our sovereignty and safety, we should actively carry out international propaganda battles against issuers such as Tibet, Xinjiang, Taiwan, human rights, and Falun Gong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These propaganda efforts are broadly referred to by China as the \u201cUnited Front\u201d. According to a report issued by the congressionally created United States \u2013 China Economic and Security Review Commission, \u201cChina uses what it calls \u2018United Front\u2019 work to co-opt and neutralize sources of potential opposition to the policies and authority of its ruling Chinese Communist Party.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The statement said that&nbsp;Valparaiso University has reported receiving more than $1 million from the Chinese government from 2010 to 2019 and that they have not disclosed how the money was used.<\/p>\n<p>The statement added key findings from a 2019 report from the U.S. Senate Homeland Security &amp; Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations on the threat posed by Confucius Institutes and similar entities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chinese directors and teachers at Confucius Institutes pledge to protect Chinese national interests. Chinese teachers should \u201cconscientiously safeguard national interests,\u201d and their contract terminates if they \u201cviolate Chinese law\u201d or \u201cengage in activities detrimental to national interests.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Since 2006, the Chinese government has provided more than $158 million to more than 100 U.S. schools for Confucius Institutes.<\/li>\n<li>The Chinese Communist Party controls nearly every aspect of Confucius Institutes at U.S. schools, including its funding, staff, and all programming. It even has veto authority over events and speakers.<\/li>\n<li>The Chinese government also funds teachers for Confucius Classrooms in the United States, which teach Chinese language and culture in K-12 schools. There are more than 1,000 Confucius Classrooms worldwide and more than 500 in the United States. Expanding the Confucius Classroom program is a priority for the Chinese Communist Party.<\/li>\n<li>There is little transparency in the selection of Chinese directors and teachers who staff Confucius Institutes. They are vetted and hired by the Chinese government, and U.S. universities choose from a pool of applicants approved by the Chinese Communist Party.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cOur investigation seeks to uncover whether the Chinese government has attempted to exert political influence and manipulate the attitudes and beliefs of Hoosiers through their Confucius Institutes,\u201d Rokita said in a statement. \u201cOur office will use every tool at our disposal to protect Hoosiers and put liberty into action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CIA Director William Burns <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-cia-nominee-us-colleges-cut-ties-china-connected-confucius-institutes\">suggested<\/a> earlier this year during his confirmation hearing that Confucius Institute programs should be banned from U.S. public schools and universities.<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is expected to announce on Tuesday morning that he has launched an investigation into Valparaiso University\u2019s association with the Confucius Institutes, which are widely believed &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-628750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}