Push for transparency on campus Confucius Institutes

Pressure on universities to re-examine their partnerships with Confucius Institutes and whether they are allowing undue Chinese government influence on campus has been raised by the introduction of legislation in both the United States House of Representatives and the US Senate, aimed at curbing the political influence of foreign institutes and organisations on college campuses by requiring greater transparency.

The companion bills were introduced by Representative Joe Wilson in the House, and jointly by Senator Marco Rubio and Senator Tom Cotton in the Senate on 21 March. Although the bills do not mention the Chinese-funded Confucius Institutes, which operate on more than 100 American college campuses, both Wilson and Rubio made it clear that these were the prime intended target. 

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