Hegseth dismantles Chinese 'sleeper organizations' at universities

The Pentagon has dismantled 80 Chinese “propaganda cells” at colleges and universities across the United States in the past two months, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced on Friday.

In a video posted to X, Hegseth talked about “Confucius Institutes” at American higher education institutions, saying that although Congress has acted to restrict the Chinese-backed organizations, similar organizations continued to emerge under new names. Hegseth called them “Chinese government-backed propaganda cultural programs” and said the War Department designated them threats to national security.