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Ted Cruz: “Since 2004, China funded Confucius Institutes at colleges…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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It's incredible. We're going to keep covering this story because I want to mention one, one more thing that is significant. 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 operating in the United States, 65 of which were active on university campuses. (16:23–16:34)

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