UNL will close Confucius Institute

In August, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the Confucius Institutes a "foreign mission" of China, and declared they must register as such.

ITS CONFUCIUSINSTITUTE -- A PROGRAMTHAT TEACHES CHINESECULTURE ANDLANGUAGE THERE ANDAT PARTNERING LOCALHIGH SCHOOLS.BUT CONFUCIUSINSTITUTES ACROSSTHE COUNTRY HAVEDRAWN CRITICISM INRECENT YEARS -BECAUSE THEY ARE INPART FUNDED BY THECHINESE GOVERNMENT...AND COULD HAVE ANINFLUENCE OVER THECURRICULUM.THREE WEEKS AGO THEU.S.DECLARED THEINSTITUTES A CHINESEPROPAGANDA MISSION...3 NEWS NOWINVESTIGATORS SPOKEWITH A STUDENT FROMCHINA WHO SAID IT'SUNETHICAL FORAMERICAN UNIVERSITIESTO TAKE ANY MONEYFROM THE CHINA.U-N-L FACES A MASSIVEBUDGET SHORTFALLBECAUSE OF THEPANDEMIC - THISPROGRAM WAS PART OFTHE FIRST ROUND OFBUDGETS CUTS.