We investigate issues affecting academic freedom, the integrity, purpose, and neutrality of the university.

All Reports and Projects by the National Association of Scholars.

April 5, 2017

Outsourced to China

Rachelle Peterson

Since 2004, the Chinese government has planted Confucius Institutes that offer Chinese language and culture courses at colleges and universities around the world—including more than 100 in the U......

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June 15, 2022

After Confucius Institutes

Rachelle Peterson, Ian Oxnevad and Flora Yan

Confucius Institutes, once a strategic part of China's overseas influence campaign, have almost disappeared from the United States: 104 of 118 have shut down. But the demise of Confucius Institute......

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July 17, 2024

China and Our Children

Ian Oxnevad

This report fills a gap in previous work by examining how the Chinese Communist Party uses language as a tool of asymmetric warfare, and its deployed effects in the United States. Confucius Class......

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