Pentagon designates Confucius Institute in US as national security threat
The Department of War has designated Chinese-funded Confucius Institutes on American university campuses as a national security threat. China's Foreign Ministry responded Monday, saying it opposed what it called “smears and stigmatization” targeting the institutes.
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[Claude] Both other reports cover the same Pentagon designation of Confucius Institutes and the Chinese response, with no conflicting facts.
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