China's Confucius Institutes must register as foreign missions in US - Pompeo
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in a statement, said the move followed a conclusion that the so-named Confucius Institutes are "an entity advancing Beijing's global propaganda and malign influence campaign on US campuses and K-12 classrooms"
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is seen during a press conference in the garden of Marienborg Castle north of Copenhagen, Denmark, July 22, 2020. Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS
The United States said on Thursday Chinese government-funded cultural centers at US universities would be required register as foreign missions, the latest sign of the deteriorating relationship between Washington and Beijing.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in a statement, said the move followed a conclusion that the so-named Confucius Institutes are "an entity advancing Beijing's global propaganda and malign influence campaign on US campuses and K-12 classrooms."
