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World News See other World News Articles Title: Communist China complains about America's 'ideological bias'! Communist China complains about America's 'ideological bias'! Response follows designation of its 'Confucius Institutes' as 'foreign missions' WND News Services By WND News Services Published August 14, 2020 at 7:55pm Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses reporters Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, about the U.S. military defensive strikes against Iranian supported militias in Iraq and Syria. (Official White House photo by Tia Dufour) By Mary Rose Corkery Daily Caller News Foundation China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman criticized the U.S. for designating the Confucius Institutes as a foreign mission and said the U.S. must end its “Cold War and zero-sum game mindset” during a press conference Thursday. “I’d like to stress that the U.S. move is an act to demonize and stigmatize the normal functioning of a China-U.S. cooperation program and we deplore and firmly oppose that,” spokesman Zhao Lijian said in the press conference, according to a translated video shared by China Daily on Twitter. The State Department designated the Confucius Institute U.S. Center (CIUS) as a foreign mission of the People’s Republic of China Thursday, Sec. of State Mike Pompeo said on a Twitter post. The Trump administration’s decision to list the center as a foreign mission was to counter increasing influence from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to senior officials. The updated status won’t force colleges and universities in the U.S. to shut down Confucius Institutes on their campus, but it does requires “much needed transparency,” a State Department spokesperson said to the Daily Caller News Foundation. “With greater transparency, educational institutions can make more informed choices about whether and how these Beijing-backed programs should continue to teach their students,” the spokesperson added. Confucius Institutes receive funding from The Office of Chinese Language Council International (Hanban), an organization affiliated with China’s Ministry of Education, according to a 2019 report from the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The Hanban also charters the Confucius Institutes and provides the staff, according to the report. Critics have said the Confucius Institutes are a method of extending China’s influence on college campuses, according to Bloomberg. “The United States wants to ensure that students on U.S. campuses have access to Chinese language and cultural offerings free from the manipulation of the Chinese Communist Party and its proxies,” Pompeo said Thursday in a statement. “Certain people in the U.S., out of ideological bias and their selfish gains, have been blatantly obstructing the normal functioning of China-U.S. cooperation programs, including the Confucius Institutes. This is totally unacceptable,” Lijian said. The Confucius Institutes have been connected globally so people can “learn Chinese, know China and enhance their education and cultural exchange in cooperation with China,” Lijian said, adding that the Confucius Institutes have been tied with U.S. colleges and their actions have “been open and transparent.” “We urge the U.S. to abandon its Cold War and zero-sum game mindset, correct its mistakes and stop politicizing this educational project, stop interfering in the normal people-to-people exchange and stop undermining China-U.S. mutual trust and cooperation. We reserve the right to make further reactions,” Lijian concluded. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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