August 14, 2020
Statement: NAS Welcomes State Department's Designation of the CIUSC
National Association of Scholars
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has designated the Confucius Institute U.S. Center as a foreign mission of the People’s Republic of China.
August 11, 2020
Article: House Leaders Take Aim at Dark Money in Higher Ed
David Acevedo
Reps. James Comer (R-KY), Jim Jordan, (R-OH), and Virginia Foxx (R-NC) have sent letters to six university presidents, requesting years of unredacted foreign financial transactions.
June 16, 2020
Article: New NIH Report Shows Rampant Chinese Funding in American Research
David Acevedo
Nearly 200 scientists are under investigation by the National Institutes of Health—over 90% of them have received funding from the Chinese Communist Party.
June 26, 2020
Statement: NAS Commends CONFUCIUS Act, Proposes Amendments
National Association of Scholars
The U.S. Senate has passed the CONFUCIUS Act, a bipartisan bill designed to curb Chinese government influence on the operation of American Confucius Institutes.
June 4, 2020
Article: Countering Chinese Soft Power: An Updated Toolkit for Concerned Citizens
Rachelle Peterson
An updated toolkit for citizens concerned about the presence of Confucius Institutes in the United States. Use this toolkit to send letters to college presidents and your government representatives.
June 2, 2020
Article: Questioning Ties to China
Rachelle Peterson
For years the Chinese government has worked to co-opt American students, scholars, and institutions of higher education. It's high time our government takes action.
April 17, 2020
Article: Dark Money at American Colleges
Peter Wood
Dan Proft interviews NAS president Peter Wood on how American college and universities profit from foreign funding and recruitment.
April 8, 2020
Article: Rethinking University Dependence on Foreign Students
David Randall
Once the coronavirus pandemic subsides, might it not be better if we tried to attract American students and their tuition dollars by competing to provide a rigorous, remunerative education?
March 19, 2020
Article: Scrutiny of China's Donations to American Universities is Long Overdue
David Randall
We are no republic if we let the plutocrats and the bureaucrats manage our colleges for us, as they have done, to America’s detriment, for far too long.
March 12, 2020
Article: Senator Chuck Grassley Issues Stern Warning About Confucius Institutes
National Association of Scholars
In a letter to 77 colleges and universities, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley urges higher ed presidents to reconsider their support of Confucius Institutes.