Congress moves to defund China-aligned institutes at US universities

The House advanced a measure Wednesday to restrict federal funding to schools that host Confucius Institutes, Chinese-funded education centers across college campuses nationwide.

The Confucius Institute is a program that teaches U.S. students about Chinese language and culture. The program is funded by and has been running for over two decades in the U.S.

At its height, it had nearly 120 centers across U.S. universities and hundreds of locations in elementary, middle and high schools. However, since took action against the institutes in 2018, most of the locations have been shuttered.

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