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Pentagon Flags Confucius Institutes as National Security Threat

The US War Department/Pentagon has formally designated Confucius Institutes as a threat to national security, confirmed across multiple feeds.

What we know

An account on X carried the Reuters-sourced headline and another account on X retweeted the another account on X announcement which drew 2,440 RTs. The designation adds to a broader US-China tension narrative alongside Toyota moving Corolla production to China and Hong Kong hospitals pivoting to Chinese medical devices.

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