Hegseth dismantles Chinese 'sleeper organizations' at universities
The Pentagon has dismantled 80 Chinese “propaganda cells” at colleges and universities across the United States in the past two months, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced on Friday.
TL;DR
- The Pentagon dismantled 80 Chinese propaganda cells at U.S. colleges and universities.
- The actions took place over the past two months.
- Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the dismantling.
- These organizations were identified as Confucius Institutes or similar entities.
- Hegseth referred to them as "Chinese government-backed propaganda cultural programs."
- The War Department designated these groups as national security threats.