Recently something laudable and rare happened at the prestigious University of Chicago. More than 100 faculty members signed a petition objecting to the Confucius Institute on their campus.
What is a Confucius Institute you ask? These “institutes” are funded, staffed, and controlled by the Chinese Communist Party and are on hundreds of campuses in free countries around the world. Why would China’s repressive Communist Party staff and fund these centers? The centers exist to advance the interest of the Chinese Communist Party, providing “soft power” National Review reports.
At Chicago the administration first rejected faculty opinion. They only ended their Confucius Institute after Chinese officials uncharacteristically indiscreetly boasted that they had brought the university to heel on the matter.
In Texas you will find the commie-centers at Texas A&M, yes A&M, UT-Dallas, UT-San Antonio, and Texas Southern.
Why would American universities willingly let the Chinese Communist Party setup shop on their campuses? To get an answer you alumni might start by asking your alma matter. In Texas you will find the commie-centers at Texas A&M, yes A&M, UT-Dallas, UT-San Antonio, and Texas Southern. Bill Powers was all hot to set one up at UT-Austin some years ago but to date it seems Longhorns have been spared yet another communist influence on the forty acres, it was likely deemed redundant in Austin.
Texans should demand, as did University of Chicago’s prestigious faculty, that these Chinese Communist Party institutes decamp from Texas public universities.
The Chinese Communist Party should be asked to decamp from Texas public universities
Robert Pratt
Recently something laudable and rare happened at the prestigious University of Chicago. More than 100 faculty members signed a petition objecting to the Confucius Institute on their campus.
What is a Confucius Institute you ask? These “institutes” are funded, staffed, and controlled by the Chinese Communist Party and are on hundreds of campuses in free countries around the world. Why would China’s repressive Communist Party staff and fund these centers? The centers exist to advance the interest of the Chinese Communist Party, providing “soft power” National Review reports.
At Chicago the administration first rejected faculty opinion. They only ended their Confucius Institute after Chinese officials uncharacteristically indiscreetly boasted that they had brought the university to heel on the matter.
In Texas you will find the commie-centers at Texas A&M, yes A&M, UT-Dallas, UT-San Antonio, and Texas Southern.
Why would American universities willingly let the Chinese Communist Party setup shop on their campuses? To get an answer you alumni might start by asking your alma matter. In Texas you will find the commie-centers at Texas A&M, yes A&M, UT-Dallas, UT-San Antonio, and Texas Southern. Bill Powers was all hot to set one up at UT-Austin some years ago but to date it seems Longhorns have been spared yet another communist influence on the forty acres, it was likely deemed redundant in Austin.
Texans should demand, as did University of Chicago’s prestigious faculty, that these Chinese Communist Party institutes decamp from Texas public universities.