After Confucius Institutes
National Association of Scholars
Drawing on “correspondence obtained via open records requests, contracts, and agreements between American universities and their Chinese partners, interviews, and site visits,” this recently released report by NAS shows that after pressure to close Confucius Institutes (Chinese government-sponsored Chinese language and culture institutes), they’ve been re-branded and re-opened on university campuses nationwide.
“The demise of Confucius Institutes (CIs), one of China’s most strategic beachheads in American higher education, has not deterred the Chinese government from seeking alternative means of influencing American colleges and universities... Among its most successful tactics… has been the effort to rebrand Confucius Institute-like programs under other names.”
The report goes into detail on the new programs and influence. Coming out of the report, NAS recommends “that all universities not only close their remaining Confucius Institutes, but also withdraw from CI-replacement programs, including sister university relationships with Chinese universities.”
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