February 13, 2018
Article: Senator Rubio Calls Attention to Confucius Institutes
Rachelle Peterson
This morning, in a Senate hearing on worldwide threats to the United States, FBI Director Christopher Wray acknowledged that the FBI has been monitoring and investigating Confucius Institutes.
January 24, 2018
Article: Pressure Mounts to Close Confucius Institutes on College Campuses
Rachelle Peterson
One year later and NAS's report on the Chinese government-funded Confucius Institutes is still making waves.
July 12, 2017
Article: Outsourced to China
Rachelle Peterson
Rachelle Peterson warns of the dangers inherent in allowing a foreign government to exert influence on classrooms and university administrators.
June 27, 2017
Article: NAS Sends Letter to SUNY Trustees
Peter Wood
Peter Wood and Rachelle Peterson ask the SUNY Board of Trustees to investigate the Confucius Institutes in their system.
June 29, 2017
MTC: China’s Propaganda Arm on U.S. Campuses
John Leo
More than 100 U.S. colleges and universities have allowed Confucian Institutes on their campuses. These institutes, sponsored and paid for by the Chinese government, yield a good deal of sway to Chin......
May 17, 2017
Article: Soft Power U: Chinese Propaganda in American Higher Education
National Association of Scholars
NAS Director of Research Rachelle Peterson comments on China's unprecedented influence on American college campuses.
May 15, 2017
Article: American Universities Are Welcoming China’s Trojan Horse
Rachelle Peterson
Rachelle Peterson writes on China's use of soft power to influence students at American universities.
April 26, 2017
Press Release: China Plants Flag at U.S. Universities
National Association of Scholars
PRESS RELEASE: NAS finds that American colleges and universities have jeopardized their independence and academic freedom by succumbing to tools of China's soft power.