🔔 New #OpenAccess Research Article in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs

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Polakiewicz & @evaseiwert.bsky.social analyzed the triggers that have led to #GermanUniversities reconsidering their relationships with #ConfuciusInstitutes

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Confucius Institutes in Africa, Language, Soft Power, and Local Agency From language classrooms to power and partnershipsMiradie Tchekpo recently turned a classroom dream into a paycheck. The Beninese graduate studied...

Confucius Institutes in Africa, Language, Soft Power, and Local Agency #ChinaAfrica #SoftPower #ConfuciusInstitutes

Memoirs of a Confucius Institute Director, Volume 1 First insider memoir of a Confucius Institute director, revealing leadership challenges, controversies, and China's global engagement.

Thrilled to see my book officially released ! 📖 It offers an insider’s story of #ConfuciusInstitutes rarely available to the public—shedding light on their complexities beyond headlines and stereotypes. Available at link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Delighted to discuss my new book on Confucius Institutes with Mapping Global China www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKnE... #Chinastudies #China #ConfuciusInstitutes #GlobalChina

#ConfuciusInstitutes and Classrooms are non-profit, but government-operated organizations with the mandate to promote #Chineselanguage and #Chineseculture. See the interactive Borderlands Dashboard developed by NBR and AidData: strategicspace.nbr.org/borderlands-...

China-backed centres at UK universities under threat from new free speech laws Exclusive: Confucius Institutes, partnerships between UK and Chinese universities, funded by the Chinese state, offer Mandarin classes and promote cultural events

#China new #UK regulations imposed by the Office for Students (OfS)

#ConfuciusInstitutes are under threat from new free speech rules.

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