You were talking about the funding in universities. And since 2004, China funded Confucius Institutes at colleges that ostensibly taught Chinese language and culture classes. By 2020, there were 75 [Confucius Institutes] operating in the United States, 65 of which were active on university campuses. And these institutions, according to the American association of university professors in 2014, said the institutes, quote, function as an arm of the Chinese state. Now what they do is two things. (16:33–16:41)
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Asserts that by 2020, 75 Confucius Institutes were operating in the U.S., with 65 on university campuses.
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