Conservative Party Human Rights Commission for immediate release
New report claims China’s Confucius Institutes threaten academic freedoms and calls for a review of all current agreements in the UK.
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The Case Against ‘Confucius’
Twelve major U.S. colleges (University of Michigan, Texas A&M, University of South Florida, Penn State, University of Chicago and Rhode Island), along with Stockholm, Sweden, Frances’ Lyon University and McMaster in Canada have severed ties with the Confucius Institute; while U.S. Congressman caution educators about foreign influence in the classroom.
UK schools should halt further deals with China’s Confucius Institutes until review completed, Conservative Party watchdog says
British schools and universities should suspend further partnerships with China’s Confucius Institutes until a review is completed, the country’s Conservative Party Human Rights Commission has suggested.
Closing Confucius Institutes
The tide may be turning for the Chinese government-funded centers of Chinese language and cultural education as universities grapple with calls from Washington to close the institutes down. Over past year at least 10 have closed or announced plans to close.
Why the NSW government is reviewing its Confucius Classrooms program
The NSW government is currently reviewing its Confucius Classrooms program, amid claims it could expose children to propaganda.
Confucius Institutes: Academic Malware and Cold Warfare
Confucius Institutes and classrooms installed in colleges and K-12 schools the world around function as propaganda branches of the Chinese government, writes Marshall Sahlins.
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Leiden University to end agreement with Confucius Institute
Leiden University will not extend the present partnership agreement with the Institute, which comes to an end on 31 August 2019.
China-funded institute set to close
The University of Minnesota’s Confucius Institute — part of a controversial web of Chinese-backed institutes hosted at universities across the U.S. — will close at the end of the semester.
Florida university latest to cut ties with China’s Confucius Institute
BEIJING (Reuters) – The University of North Florida will close a campus branch of a Chinese-run cultural institute, the latest U.S. college to do so amid criticism from U.S. legislators that China uses the institute to influence American higher education.
Confucius Institute closed at US university amid concerns about Chinese influence on campuses
The University of North Florida will close a campus branch of a Chinese-run cultural institute, the latest US college to do so amid criticism from US legislators that China uses the institute to influence American higher education.
U.S. Universities Shut Down Confucius Institutes
Amid rising concerns of curtailed academic freedoms, U.S. universities are increasingly closing down Confucius Institutes, which are Chinese government-funded centers offering Mandarin-language and cultural courses that at one point numbered over 100 in North America alone.