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The Confucius Institute: Propaganda Brought To You By Dr. Dallemand

09/13/2012

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Coming to a Bibb County School near you...
Editor's Note:  This is a reprinted article of something I wrote back in March....I think it deserves another look.

At the risk of sounding like a Cold War conspirist of the 50's or 60's,  I have to admit that this reeks of a Communist take over of our schools.   According to the above news report,

In July 2011, a petition with more than 4,000 signatures was presented to the Australian New South Wales (NSW) senate.  It requested to cancel Confucius courses in seven schools.  The petition read "CI is controlled by the CCP's (Chinese Communist Party) Education Department directly.  It is not allowed to discuss the Tiananmen Massacre, Tibet, human rights in China, Taiwan, Falun Dafa and other sensitive topics."  And this is what Dr. Dallemand wants taught in our schools.  Basically what this means is that a foreign country will have the final word on what is taught in Bibb County.  If you don't believe me, ask Robert Davis director of the Confucius Institute for the Chicago Public School System who says, the "Confucius Institutes have total autonomy in their course materials and teachers."   Get mad as hell Middle Georgia!

"Asian Survey, a bi-monthly magazine published by the University of California at Berkeley, writer James Paradise warned in 2009, "The Confucius Institute project can be seen at one level as an attempt to increase Chinese language learning and an appreciation of Chinese culture, but at another level it is part of a broader soft power projection in which China is attempting to win hearts and minds for political purposes."  Ok gang....that came from CAL BEREKELY.....not Richard Nixon or Senator Joe McCarthy.  Cal Berkeley has long been known as one of the most liberal Universities in the country.  (See the article here.)

When the same program was proposed in 2010 in San Gabriel, California an editorial writer stated that if implemented it would be "tantamount of asking Hugo Chavez to send his cadres to teach little American kids economics."  More glowing words....

The Confucius Institute is administered by Hanban which states that though it is a non-governmental entity,  it is in fact affiliated with the Chinese Ministry of Education.  (Look at the flow chart.)  Somehow or another to me it is tough to separate the two entities when the Chairperson Liu Yandong is a member of the Chinese Politburo.  Look at the rest of the council....They look to all be a part of the government as well.    Oh and here's a great quote given by Li Changchun, a standing member of the Politburo in charge of ideology and propaganda who stated that: "the construction of Confucius Institutes is an important channel to glorify Chinese culture, to help Chinese culture spread to the world...(which is) part of China's foreign propaganda strategy."  Are we going to let this happen right here in Middle Georgia?  

Chairman Mao once said, “Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.”   I hope you will keep that in mind....
 


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Susan Fox
03/01/2012 17:14

Thank you for pulling this information together. Can you submit it to the Macon Telegraph as an editorial? This is important.

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Bill KNowles
03/01/2012 23:13

I can try...But I doubt they'll print it..

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eLIz Ferguson
04/04/2012 20:08

The MT may not publish it, but rest assured someone will copy and paste it, along with the link, in the appropriate article's comments section.

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we-track.org link
09/13/2012 12:06

Has everyone forgotten about the Chinese campaign finance scandal? This was in 1996 when Chinese money was flowing through the White House like water. This was when Charlie Trie, Johnny Chung, John Huang, James Riady and Maria Hsia bought and paid for the Clinton and Gore administration..

During the hearings: “Congressional investigators said that the investigations were hamstrung due to lack of co-operation of witnesses. Ninety-four people either refused to be questioned, pled the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination, or left the country altogether.”

After what they did with the Clinton Administration the Bibb County Board of Education would be a cake walk.

A rough recap of this can be seen at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_United_States_campaign_finance_controversy

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WolfenStorm
09/13/2012 12:20

Granted the young ones in elementary school are not going to be discussing all of these 'touchy' subjects...but the Chinese plan long term. As these young ones progress to higher grades, and the planned intention of the language instruction progresses with them, then you will really see the indoctrination and propaganda phases begin to intensify. They started their programs with higher learning schools, and it didn't work as they planned because the students and staff at the colleges and universities asked questions and wanted to discuss the hot topics. So they regrouped and decided to start with the very young.

I wonder how many of you have opted out of this instruction...in my grandson's second grade class at Carter, only he and one other boy spend that time reading. So that is only two, out of I don't know how many, in just that one class that opted out. I guess most parents just decided to go with the flow and give it a chance. Of course, that is just what dallemand and crew want.

My fervent hope is that when we get him and his team removed, that this aspect of learning will be readdressed and recognized for what it is, and that it will come to an end.

In the meantime, I will continue to take care of my own, My grandson loves to read and he enjoys the time doing so. He said he was good with not learning Chinese. I had wondered if he would feel singled out, or that he was missing something...apparently he doesn't.

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WolfenStorm
09/13/2012 12:36

Don't know why it posted twice, sorry.

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natalie
09/15/2012 11:23

I support everything in this article, but let me give you a litle classroom perspective: Our sweet Chinese teacher doesn't speak enough English to translate any type of Chinese culture/history/ideology. She is having enough trouble teaching the kids to count to 10 in Chinese that the 20 she spends in the classroom each day that there is no way she'll ever have much of an impact on the students, long term. We are wasting our money on every level. But she is SUPER sweet and I will not hold her responsible for the situation in which she's found herself.

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