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Hegseth launches new offensive against China's Confucius Institutes

Original: US war chief Pete Hegseth’s new offensive against China’s Confucius Institutes

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has opened a new push against China's Confucius Institutes, the Beijing-funded cultural and language centres long criticised in Washington as vehicles for Chinese influence on American campuses. The move signals the Pentagon is extending its scrutiny of Chinese soft-power programmes, and the story is drawing attention given ongoing US-China tensions over education, security and influence operations.

Why now: Fresh US action against a long-contested symbol of Chinese influence comes amid heightened US-China tensions.

Pete HegsethConfucius InstitutesUnited StatesChinaPentagon

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• US war chief Pete Hegseth’s new offensive against China’s Confucius Institutes · South China Morning Post
• US war chief Pete Hegseth’s new offensive against China’s Confucius Institutes · South China Morning Post

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