Senate investigators are warning that China has opened government-run centers at more than 100 American college campuses, according to a new, bipartisan report.
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The institutes are so controversial that at least 10 U.S. schools have announced plans in recent months to shut them down. In Canada, the province of New Brunswick shuttered its only institute, and British lawmakers have called for halting any new ones in the U.K. Although Delaware Sen. Tom Carper, the top Democrat on the panel, said the Senate had uncovered “no evidence that these institutes are a center for Chinese espionage or any other illegal activist,” the institutes have drawn scrutiny from the FBI for years.
“Universities and communities that believe they’re getting something for nothing need to understand that’s not how it works,” Figliuzzi says. “There’s an agenda here, and the Chinese government uses other platforms to penetrate our society and shape and influence our thinking and our stance toward China.”
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