How Chinese Communist Party Is Influencing US Classrooms

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🗓️ 22 September 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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A Republican congressman is speaking out about how the Chinese Communist Party is influencing U.S. classrooms. "Well, they come in, and they sort of soft-pedal their propaganda, but yet, they also whitewash history by eliminating Taiwan," says Rep. Aaron Bean, R-Fla., chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee's early childhood, elementary, and secondary education subcommittee. “You can’t talk about Taiwan. You can’t talk about Tiananmen Square. You can’t talk about the Uyghurs. You can’t talk about Tibet, the Dalai Lama—all these things that they are influencing and really trying to grasp the young minds of young students to say how great China is,” adds Bean, who was elected to Congress last November. Bean joins today’s episode of “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss a hearing his subcommittee held Tuesday, “Academic Freedom Under Attack: Loosening the CCP’s Grip on America’s Classrooms”; the Confucius Classrooms located throughout the U.S.; and what’s at stake if the U.S. isn’t able to counter the communist regime’s influence in American classrooms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's only going to grow.
0:01.9	Their influence is only going to grow.
0:04.3	They also steal our stuff.
0:07.1	They steal our technology.
0:14.5	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Friday, September 22.
0:18.4	I'm Samantha Cheris, and that was representative Aaron Bean of Florida's 4th Congressional District.
0:25.7	Here this week, the Subcommittee on Early Childhood Elementary and Secondary Education held a hearing titled Academic Freedom Under Attack,
0:34.8	loosening the CCP's grip on America's classrooms.
0:38.5	In his opening statement, Representative Bean, who chairs the Subcommittee, said that over 500 K-12 schools across the United States
0:47.5	have allowed the CCP to establish itself in their halls, under the guise of Confucius classrooms.
0:54.2	But when you pull back the curtain on these cultural exchange centers, you find a CCP-backed agenda that undermines the principles upon which our education system is built.
1:07.3	Chairman Bean joins today's episode of the Daily Signal Podcast to discuss Confucius classrooms,
1:12.8	how the Chinese Communist Party is influencing our classrooms, and much more.
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2:17.6	Today I have the honor of welcoming Representative Aaron Bean of Florida's fourth congressional district to the Daily Signal Podcast.
2:25.6	Representative Bean was elected to Congress in 2022, and is the chairman of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2:35.6	Congressman, thanks so much for joining us.
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