A lengthy article in Bloomberg looks at Confucius Institutes on American college campuses and how they are influencing the curriculum of China studies. Stanford University, which accepted $4 million to set up a Confucius...
Read MoreThe National looks at the government’s efforts to spread Chinese language and culture through Confucius Institutes: Currently there are 282 Confucius Institutes in 88 countries, along with 272 smaller-scale classrooms, and...
Read MoreConfucianism is making a comeback among China’s elite. From the Washington Post: A revival of interest in Confucius and other aspects of what Mao Zedong vilified as China’s noxious feudal past has been underway for...
Read MoreA Confucius biopic will begin filming in the next three weeks. Hong Kong actor Chow Yun-Fat was tapped to play the lead role. From BBC News: The film will be a joint production between Beijing-based Dadi Cinema and the state-run...
Read MoreFrom the Chronicle of Higher Education: Now, almost a century after Confucianism first came under attack as an obstacle to development, it is being heralded as a solution to the many political, economic, and ethical problems China faces. In addition to impressive economic gains over the past 30 years, China has experienced a growing gap […]
Read MoreFrom the Scotsman (link): A NEW institute is to be established at Edinburgh University to promote Chinese language, culture and business, it was announced today. The decision to set up the Scottish Confucius Institute followed talks in Beijing between First Minister Jack McConnell and the Chinese Education Minister, Professor Zhou Ji. Staff from one of […]
Read MoreFrom The Globe and Mail: The latest symbol of China’s relentless drive for global superpower status will be unveiled on a street in downtown Vancouver this fall.It has a harmless-sounding name: the Confucius Institute. But it represents a dramatic change in China’s overseas strategy. Under the guidance of President Hu Jintao, who arrived in Ottawa […]
Read MoreFrom The Asahi Shimbun: China has learned that the world wants more than just its yuan. So Beijing plans to further spread its influence through language and culture institutes in major centers of the world. Called Confucius Institutes after the fifth-century B.C. philosopher who greatly influenced Asian thought, these schools will offer both short and […]
Read MoreFrom The Age: China is beginning a very different cultural revolution with the launch of language centres around the world. Long resentful of being the target of “cultural imperialism”, China is embarking on an ambitious plan named after the great sage Confucius to spread the use of its language around the world. The Government is […]
Read MoreChinese state media often describe the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as a “flagship project” of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and Pakistan’s city of Gwadar as a “flagship project” of the CPEC. The CPEC has...
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