June 20, 2023
UPDATED: We're keeping track of all Confucius Institutes in the United States, including those that remain open, those that closed, and those that have announced their closing.
August 20, 2018
Following questions from Senator Marco Rubio, the University of North Florida becomes the ninth US university to close a Confucius Institute.
August 3, 2018
An amendment by Senator Ted Cruz targets Department of Defense funding for colleges.
July 12, 2018
PODCAST: Rachelle Peterson sits down with Ben Weingarten, host of "Big Ideas" to discuss Confucius Institutes.
June 5, 2018
NAS policy director Rachelle Peterson submits written testimony to the United Kingdom on Confucius Institutes.
May 29, 2018
NAS sends an open letter to George Mason University urging President Cabrera to hire an external investigator.
May 24, 2018
NAS is pleased to see the introduction of this new bill which provides further transparency of foreign governments' activities on American campuses.
May 7, 2018
GMU's Confucius Institute has many strings attached and deserves to be added to the list of gifts being investigated by the GMU president.
May 7, 2018
More information about how China uses Confucius Institutes to spread the regime's whitewashed version of its history and policies.
May 4, 2018
A thorough analysis of the recent Confucius Institute event held in Washington, D.C.
April 25, 2018
The Hanban stages a panel to brush off serious critiques about Confucius Institutes.
April 23, 2018
NAS President Peter Wood writes to AAUP President Rudy Fichtenbaum about the concerns we share regarding Confucius Institutes.
April 6, 2018
NAS congratulates Texas A&M University on the decision to close its Confucius Institute after receiving a bipartisan letter from two Texas Congressmen.
April 4, 2018
Introducing the first NAS Confucius Institutes toolkit that provides resources and ideas to address these Chinese government-funded centers.
March 26, 2018
American universities will need to choose between money and truth when it comes to Confucius Institutes.
March 22, 2018
The Foreign Influence Transparency Act is a step toward addressing Confucius Institutes.
March 12, 2018
Rachelle Peterson writes at The Hill about six practical steps the US government can take in response to Confucius Institutes.
February 23, 2018
NAS policy director Rachelle Peterson explains at American Greatness why we should be wary of China's efforts to makeover the image of Confucius Institutes.
February 13, 2018
This morning, in a Senate hearing on worldwide threats to the United States, FBI Director Christopher Wray acknowledged that the FBI has been monitoring and investigating Confucius Institutes.
January 24, 2018
One year later and NAS's report on the Chinese government-funded Confucius Institutes is still making waves.
August 30, 2017
Efforts to censor Cambridge University Press show how far the Chinese government will go to stifle intellectual freedom.
July 12, 2017
Rachelle Peterson warns of the dangers inherent in allowing a foreign government to exert influence on classrooms and university administrators.
June 27, 2017
Peter Wood and Rachelle Peterson ask the SUNY Board of Trustees to investigate the Confucius Institutes in their system.
June 14, 2017
Professor Zu-yan Chen and Rachelle Peterson discuss NAS's report on Confucius Institutes.
May 22, 2017
Wang Qianghua responds to NAS’s report on Confucius Institutes and to two other professors’ responses.
May 22, 2017
Professor Don Boros responds to Professor Chaffee and Outsourced to China.
May 17, 2017
NAS Director of Research Rachelle Peterson comments on China's unprecedented influence on American college campuses.
May 15, 2017
Rachelle Peterson writes on China's use of soft power to influence students at American universities.
May 2, 2017
Videos from the Outsourced to China report launch are now available.
May 1, 2017
SUNY Binghamton offers critiques and corrections to Outsourced to China.
April 28, 2017
Articles and reviews of Outsourced to China, NAS's new report on Chinese soft power in American Higher Education.
April 26, 2017
NAS Director of Research Projects Rachelle Peterson reviews a new documentary "In the Name of Confucius," on China's influence on Western higher education.
April 26, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: NAS finds that American colleges and universities have jeopardized their independence and academic freedom by succumbing to tools of China's soft power.
April 21, 2017
Join us in Washington DC for the launch of NAS’s latest report, Outsourced to China, on China’s soft power influence through Confucius Institutes.
October 8, 2014
James A. Stever, Professor Emeritus at the University of Cincinnati, discusses the potential dangers of foreign institutes such as the Confucius Institute.
