Biden quietly scraps Trump plan for US schools to disclose agreements with China-backed Confucius Institutes

The Biden administration has withdrawn a rule proposed by former President Donald Trump's White House shortly before he left office, which would have required American schools to disclose their agreements with Confucius Institutes — a Chinese language program accused by U.S. officials of spreading communist propaganda fed from Beijing.

The Daily Caller reported that "the Trump administration submitted a proposed rule to the Department of Homeland Security on Dec. 31, 2020, titled 'Establishing Requirement for Student and Exchange Visitor Program Certified Schools to Disclose Agreements with Confucius Institutes and Classrooms.'"

But the Biden administration rescinded the recently passed Trump policy on Jan. 26 — less than a week after he took office — a spokesperson for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed to Campus Reform.