Biden Didn’t Revoke Trump’s CCP Anti-Propaganda Program

In August 2020, the Trump Administration declared that the Confucius Institute, a Chinese nonprofit which offers language and cultural programs, was an arm of the Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda machine. In December, he proposed that all schools with ties to the Confucius Institute must disclose it publicly. These schools included K-12 as well as colleges.

Then, on January 26, Biden withdrew the proposal from the Office of Management and Budget (though it was never fully implemented). This has caught the attention of Biden critics, who worried this meant that Biden was allowing Chinese propaganda to enter the US school system.