University of Nevada, Las Vegas appoints former head of CCP-funded Confucius Institute to lead its Chinese centre despite Trump crackdown

Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth and JD Vance. Advisers have accused defence secretary Hegseth of painting the Iran war in "rosy terms" while a dossier of evidence against him is reportedly being compiled inside the Pentagon.

Huajing Maske, inaugural director of the Sands Institute for Chinese Language and Culture at UNLV, who received multiple honours at Confucius Institute conferences where senior CCP officials were present.

Huajing Maske, former executive director of the University of Kentucky's Confucius Institute, has been named inaugural director of the Sands Institute for Chinese Language and Culture at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, appointed last autumn. Maske received a 2013 Confucius Institute Individual Performance Excellence Award — presented in Beijing by China's vice premier — and attended conferences with senior CCP officials during her time in Kentucky.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned last week that '80 new propaganda cells' had emerged across 30 universities under 'different names and different charters' to steal intellectual property.

UNLV insists the Sands Institute was funded by a $15 million gift from the Las Vegas Sands Corporation and has received no money from China.

UNLV confirmed it has not heard from Hegseth's Department of Defense regarding the institute.

kentucky.comEducation Notes: Maske, director of UK Confucius Institute, ranked in Top 15 worldwide Daily MailFormer head of CCP-funded college program squashed by Trump now leading Chinese center in Las Vegas Daily Mail NewsFormer director of controversial Chinese institute with links to CCP lands top job at major US university...as Defense Secretary Hegseth warns of new 'propaganda cells' to 'infiltrate minds of American students'

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