“I want to be clear, this is not a question of opportunities to study Chinese culture or language, we know that Tufts can find any other Chinese exchange program that isn’t directly sponsored by the authoritarian state,” Massachusetts State Representative...
“The government suspended or revoked the business licenses or law licenses of some lawyers who took on sensitive cases, such as defending pro-democracy dissidents, house-church activists, Falun Gong practitioners, or government critics. Authorities used the annual licensing review process administered...
Confucius Institutes, billed as Chinese language and culture centers, are funded and overseen by a department within China’s central government. They have attracted growing criticism in recent years over their role in stifling free speech and promoting Beijing’s propaganda on...
Confucius Institutes have been criticized for spreading Chinese propaganda and suppressing topics critical of the regime under the cover of a language and culture program.
<!-- report gave examples of teaching materials used in other countries, which were imbued with the Chinese Communist Party's ideological outreach ," Li said."They also spoke to Sinologists in Finland who said Confucius Institutes are vehicles through which China deploys...
China’s ‘soft power’ tool is not welcome by Toronto Concerned Parents During Toronto District School Board (TDSB) meeting dealing the issue of a Confucius Institute program in Toronto schools, hundreds of concerned parents and human rights activists gathered to require...
