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GOP lawmakers and Asia policy experts speak out about the Chinese Communist Party’s worrisome influence in U.S. classrooms.

Seven Canadian institutions continue to host China’s Confucius Institute (CI) despite a growing trend in North America and other parts of the world where academic institutions are cutting ties with the Beijing-led program.

The Communist regime in China—its global ambition, growing power, and values that are diametrically opposed to America’s own—is the greatest international danger facing the United States. Not just in its own right: It compounds other threats to the U.S. like those posed by Russia and Iran. The U.S. must have robust, practical solutions that vouchsafe Americans against the threats posed by China in every sphere, from security at home and national interest abroad to the values that infuse America’s role in the world.

They will face off in a packed Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday, a venue that feels like home to Williams even if it has not always been a haven.

My colleague at The Heritage Foundation, historian and co-founder of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, Lee Edwards, remarked in a column last year that in the United States, opposition to Confucius Institutes has managed to unite left and right. That is no small feat. It is a spirt of grace Americans must nurture, not just as it applies to fighting Chinese influence on American college campuses, but in the broader intergenerational struggle with China that is now underway. We can’t win without it. Like Dr Edwards, I’m inspired by the work of the National Association of Scholars...