{"id":17519,"date":"2026-01-31T18:52:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T18:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=17519"},"modified":"2026-01-31T18:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T18:52:18","slug":"american-teachers-attend-conference-in-china-banned-for-communist-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=17519","title":{"rendered":"American Teachers Attend Conference In China Banned For Communist Propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For more than a decade, U.S. intelligence agencies have warned that Confucius Institutes and related Chinese language-promotion programs operate as influence platforms for the Chinese Communist Party.\n<\/p>\n

Beijing has treated international Chinese-language education as a strategic priority, personally emphasized by Xi Jinping, who repeatedly links global language expansion to China\u2019s ability to \u201cshape international opinion\u201d and \u201ctell China\u2019s story well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pray for your fellow\u00a0<\/span>intercessor<\/span>.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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That strategy was on full display at the 2025 World Chinese Language Conference in Beijing, the CCP\u2019s premier global language-promotion gathering run directly by China\u2019s Ministry of Education.\n<\/p>\n

And despite years of scrutiny in Washington, Americans attended.\n<\/p>\n

Chinese state reporting and institutional disclosures confirm that U.S. education figures, charter-school leadership, Confucius Institute personnel, and American students studying in Chinese state institutions were all present and prominently featured. Chinese state media hailed the event as a large success, representative of China\u2019s expanding education influence with 15 new Confucius Institutes, along with one Confucius Classroom, established this year.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new institutions have been set up in 14 countries, including Algeria and Guinea-Bissau, marking the first presence of Confucius Institutes in these two African nations,\u201d explained China Daily.\n<\/p>\n

And Americans play a key role in giving these institutes a facade or credibility.\n<\/p>\n

Chinese conference write-ups identify several U.S. participants tied to American school systems, charter networks, and university-based Confucius Institutes.\n<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Utah State Board of Education Representative<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

Chinese forum materials identify Lian Xinmei as a participant representing Utah\u2019s Mandarin immersion program. Utah\u2019s statewide immersion model has thousands of students and has long been cited by Beijing as a showcase for U.S.\u2013China educational cooperation.\n<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Co-Founder of International Leadership of Texas (ILTexas)<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

Beijing\u2019s education forums also listed Yang Yang, co-founder of ILTexas, one of the largest charter networks in the United States with mandatory Chinese language instruction. Chinese organizers highlighted her presence as evidence that U.S. K-12 institutions remain tied into China\u2019s language-promotion framework.\n<\/p>\n

\u2022 U.S. Confucius Institute Director<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

Paul Manfredi, the American-side director of the Washington State Confucius Institute and a professor at Pacific Lutheran University, attended and appeared in photographs with Chinese officials. His Confucius Institute received formal recognition during the conference.\n<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0American Students Studying in Chinese State Universities<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

Chinese media spotlighted two Americans participating as enrolled students inside Chinese institutions:\n<\/p>\n

\u2014 Nicholas\u00a0Goldring, an American master\u2019s student at Beijing Language and Culture University, who delivered a Chinese-language speech during the conference\u2019s opening ceremony.\n<\/p>\n

\u2014 Daniel\u00a0Broadwater, a U.S. graduate student at Beijing Normal University, profiled by China Daily as one of the event\u2019s American participants.\n<\/p>\n

The United Kingdom had its own contingent.\n<\/p>\n

A detailed report from Newcastle University confirms that the university\u2019s Confucius Institute sent Dr. Andrew M. Law to Beijing for the conference. But the trip was not limited to Newcastle alone.\n<\/p>\n

Newcastle\u2019s release notes that Dr. Law traveled through a program organized by Xiamen University, one of China\u2019s leading Confucius Institute partner institutions \u2014 and the Chinese partner for multiple UK Confucius Institutes, including Newcastle University, Cardiff University, and University of Southampton.\n<\/p>\n

These universities were all represented through shared institutional programming, group meetings, and coordinated events held for Confucius Institute staff during the conference week.\n<\/p>\n

While Americans and Brits took part, Beijing used the conference to unveil new figures illustrating how large its international education infrastructure has become: Chinese is now embedded in the national education systems of 86 countries.\n<\/p>\n

This includes curriculum integration approved at government level. Over 200 million people abroad are currently studying Chinese, a figure Chinese authorities highlighted as evidence of global growth.\n<\/p>\n

These numbers show a post-Confucius Institute model that is even larger and more institutionalized. Instead of relying solely on university partnerships, Beijing now controls global credentialing exams, youth competitions, digital teaching platforms, and curriculum frameworks that feed directly into foreign school systems.\n<\/p>\n

The 2025 World Chinese Language Conference reveals that, despite public scrutiny, American school officials, U.S. Confucius Institute personnel, and students tied to American education programs are still engaging directly with Beijing\u2019s language-influence machinery.\n<\/p>\n

British universities are doing the same.\n<\/p>\n

And Beijing\u2019s global system \u2014 championed by Xi Jinping \u2014 is expanding, not retreating.\n<\/p>\n

The United States may be shutting down Confucius Institutes.\n<\/p>\n

China has already built something much larger to replace them.\n<\/p>\n

Share your prayers below.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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