The White House said it was considering how best to counter China‘s information operations and interference in foreign democracies despite denying that it withdrew a rule proposed by Trump administration requiring American schools and universities to disclose their partnerships with Confucius Institutes from the Federal Registry.
Ned Price, US State Department spokesperson, said in a press briefing on Thursday the draft rule had not been withdrawn from the Federal Register but from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) process, denying media reports that the Biden team “quietly” dropped the proposal.
“The Trump administration never submitted the draft rule to the Federal Register in the first place because OMB never completed its review of the draft rule during the Trump administration,” Price said.
Biden withdraws from Trump-era policy to track Chinese influence in American schools ANI | Updated: Feb 10, 2021 09:12 IST
Washington [US], February 10 (ANI): The Biden administration has withdrawn from Trump s policy on tracking Chinese influence in US schools and universities, reported Daily Caller.
Chuck Ross, writing for the publication, informed that the Biden administration has quietly withdrawn from the proposed rule to the Department of Homeland Security on December 31, 2020, entitled Establishing Requirement for Student and Exchange Visitor Program Certified Schools to Disclose Agreements with Confucius Institutes and Classrooms.
The rule requires American schools and universities to disclose their partnerships with Confucius Institutes, which allegedly are front groups for Chinese Communist Party propaganda according to some US officials.
When it comes to America's relationship with China, Joe Biden plans to handle it differently than Donald Trump. But how could he handle it the same, when he seems to be so deeply intertwined with the Chinese Communist Party? Not only does his son, Hunter, have deep ties to Chinese businesses, in his own back pocket, the president has a longstanding relationship with Xi Jinping.