China-US relations: White House says Confucius Institutes considered as part of approach to Beijing’s infowar

The White House said it was considering how best to counter China‘s information operations and interference in foreign democracies despite denying that it withdrew a rule proposed by Trump administration requiring American schools and universities to disclose their partnerships with Confucius Institutes from the Federal Registry.

Ned Price, US State Department spokesperson, said in a press briefing on Thursday the draft rule had not been withdrawn from the Federal Register but from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) process, denying media reports that the Biden team “quietly” dropped the proposal.