ALFRED, NY – The UK Daily Mail reports that Alfred University has agreed to close its Confucius Institute, “following outrage over national security concerns by House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mike Gallagher.” The UK Daily Mail story goes on to say, that Rep. Gallagher, last month, demanded more information on the New York school’s Confucius Institute. “In a June 13 letter obtained by DailyMail.com, university attorney Robert Fisher responded to Gallagher saying Alfred University has decided to close the Confucius Institute ‘as of June 30, 2023,’ Kelly Laco, from the Daily Mail stated.
According to the Daily Mail, Gallagher has worked to shut down most of (meaning hundreds) of Confucius Institutes nationwide, and that there are only five institutes left in the U.S. (including Alfred, which has plans to shut down on June 30 of this year).
The Daily Mail also quoted A.U. attorney Robert Fisher as saying Alfred cares about intellectual property issues. “”(Alfredz0 takes very seriously the issue of protecting intellectual property and improper technology export. In addition, the university regularly works with the Department of Commerce and the FBI to ‘strengthen export control policies and processes,’ Fisher told the Daily Mail.
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In addition to the pressure from the Wisconsin Congressman, an activist named Peter Wood, of the National Association of Scholars, published a hard hitting article two weeks ago in the Dailysignal.com, accusing Alfred University of having ties to Chinese Communist officials. It is highly likely that this article from the DailySignal.com, could have played a role in Congressman Mike Gallagher’s move to get Alfred to get going in the direction of closing down it’s Confucius Institute.
