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[[CIA]] reports obtained by ''The Washington Free Beacon'' in 2012 revealed,  

[[CIA]] reports obtained by ''The Washington Free Beacon'' in 2012 revealed,  

{{quotebox-float|"The [Chinese Communist Party] provides ‘strings-attached' funding to academic institutions and [[think tank]]s to deter research that casts it [the CCP] in a negative light. It has used this tactic to reward pro-China viewpoints and coerce Western academic publications and conferences to self-censor. The CCP often denies [[visa]]s to academics who criticize the regime, encouraging many China scholars to preemptively self-censor so they can maintain access to the country on which their research depends."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/national-security/chinese-government-influencing-policy-through-ex-military-officials/</ref>}}

{{quotebox-float|"The [Chinese Communist Party] provides ‘strings-attached' funding to academic institutions and [[think tank]]s to deter research that casts it [the CCP] in a negative light. It has used this tactic to reward pro-China viewpoints and coerce Western academic publications and conferences to self-censor. The CCP often denies [[visa]]s to academics who criticize the regime, encouraging many China scholars to preemptively self-censor so they can maintain access to the country on which their research depends."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/national-security/chinese-government-influencing-policy-through-ex-military-officials/</ref>}}

Elite U.S. colleges, a key junta constituent, spent thousands of dollars [[lobbying]] Democrats to halt federal probes into their multimillion-dollar partnership with China and other [[human rights]] abusers.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/campus/colleges-lobby-biden-to-halt-federal-probe-into-foreign-donations/</ref>  House Democrats blocked passage of sweeping legislation against the Confucius Institute. House Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]] (D., Calif.) refused to hold a vote on an anti-Confucius Institute bill that unanimously passed in the Senate in 2020.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/pelosi-stonewalls-china-bill-senate-dems-unanimously-supported/</ref>  Confucius Institutes exert incredible pressure and leverage over universities, threatening to pull their funding to ensure that some topics like [[Taiwan]], [[Tibet]], [[Falun Gong]] and the [[Uyghur]]s are off-limits.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/international/541196-china-has-already-infiltrated-americas-institutions</ref> Under the junta, the institutes rebranded themselves as the Asia Society Chinese Language Partner Network with more than 100 “Confucius classrooms” catering to the K-12 educational system in the United States.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/campus/china-backed-confucius-institute-rebrands-to-avoid-scrutiny/</ref>  Sec. [[Mike Pompeo]] referred to the CCP threat as "within the gates."<ref>https://www.ntd.com/exclusive-sec-mike-pompeo-chinas-communist-party-is-inside-the-gates_551113.html</ref>

Elite U.S. colleges, a key junta constituent, spent thousands of dollars [[lobbying]] Democrats to halt federal probes into their multimillion-dollar partnership with China and other [[human rights]] abusers.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/campus/colleges-lobby-biden-to-halt-federal-probe-into-foreign-donations/</ref>  House Democrats blocked passage of sweeping legislation against the Confucius Institute. House Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]] (D., Calif.) refused to hold a vote on an anti-Confucius Institute bill that unanimously passed in the Senate in 2020.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/pelosi-stonewalls-china-bill-senate-dems-unanimously-supported/</ref>  Confucius Institutes exert incredible pressure and leverage over universities, threatening to pull their funding to ensure that some topics like [[Taiwan]], [[Tibet]], [[Falun Gong]] and the [[Uyghur]]s are off-limits.  Under the junta, the institutes rebranded themselves as the Asia Society Chinese Language Partner Network with more than 100 “Confucius classrooms” catering to the K-12 educational system in the United States.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/campus/china-backed-confucius-institute-rebrands-to-avoid-scrutiny/</ref>  Sec. [[Mike Pompeo]] referred to the CCP threat as "within the gates."<ref>https://www.ntd.com/exclusive-sec-mike-pompeo-chinas-communist-party-is-inside-the-gates_551113.html</ref>

[[Biden junta]] operative [[Linda Thomas-Greenfield]] delivered a lecture at a Confucius Institute in 2019 where she voiced favorable opinions on the CCP involvement in [[Africa]].<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/biden-un-ambassador-spoke-at-ccp-funded-group/</ref>

[[Biden junta]] operative [[Linda Thomas-Greenfield]] delivered a lecture at a Confucius Institute in 2019 where she voiced favorable opinions on the CCP involvement in [[Africa]].<ref>https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/biden-un-ambassador-spoke-at-ccp-funded-group/</ref>