{"id":203279,"date":"2017-11-07T11:58:47","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T19:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=203279"},"modified":"2021-09-14T20:24:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T03:24:22","slug":"confucius-institutes-nurture-pro-china-mandarin-speakers-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2017\/11\/confucius-institutes-nurture-pro-china-mandarin-speakers-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Spreading Soft Power Through Language in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

China\u2019s Confucius Institutes (CI)–government-funded centers for research and language teaching run by state agency Hanban–are leading China\u2019s cultural diplomacy in dozens of African countries through Chinese language and cultural studies programs<\/strong><\/a> aimed at shaping public opinion and strengthening South-South cooperation, though the actual impact of these efforts on Africans’ views of China has been questioned<\/a>.\u00a0Claire van den Heever\u00a0at Quartz reports:<\/p>\n

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Hanban is a vital ingredient in China\u2019s global soft power campaign. Since the first CI was set up in Seoul 13 years ago, 516 of these language and culture centers have opened in 142 countries and regions, over 40 of them in Africa.\u00a0<\/span>While Beijing\u2019s language and culture drive has provoked suspicion and controversy in the US, it is steadily winning hearts and minds on the continent, where brand new CI buildings often stand in contrast to crumbling campuses.<\/span><\/p>\n

[…]\u00a0China\u2019s growing scholarship program is motivation enough for students like Nancy, whose family struggles to cover her tuition. Recent data shows a remarkable spike in the number of African students studying in China, from just 2,000 in 2003, to almost 50,000 in 2015, whether on scholarships or their own steam. This makes China the\u00a0most popular destination\u00a0for Anglophone African students studying abroad.<\/p>\n

[…]\u00a0As badly as Beijing wants the world to believe that the influence of Mandarin is growing across the globe, teaching quality is secondary to the impression that China\u2019s ever-expanding Confucius Institute network seeks to project, and students who are linguistically ill-equipped are sent to China for scholarships and study programs, regardless of what they might gain. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCIs are not really preparing people to become fluent in Chinese,\u201d says Hartig. \u201cIt seems to me that the whole idea isn\u2019t concerned so much with sustainability. It\u2019s much more about numbers: big student numbers, and how many scholarships were given out to how many African countries\u2026 And this has more to do with south-south cooperation [than] sustainable development or helping people to gain a better understanding of China.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>[Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The campaign to spread Chinese language and culture is also taking place in the Arab world as Confucius Institutes and Chinese departments are set up across the Middle East to promote Mandarin education<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0Jumana Al Tamimi at Gulf News reports:<\/p>\n

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Eleven of these educational centres are located in eight Arab countries: Lebanon (1), Jordan (2), UAE (2), Bahrain (1), Egypt (2), Sudan (1), and Morocco (2), Xiaoping said in the paper published recently by Ofoq, the periodical electronic newsletter of the Arab Thought Foundation (ATF) Research and Studies Centre, headquartered in Beirut.<\/p>\n

Apart from the Confucius centres, Beijing is working on setting up and expanding Chinese language departments at various universities in the Arab world.<\/p>\n

For example, in Egypt, there are nearly 10 Chinese language departments in different higher educational institutions, \u201cand this is a big number compared to previous years,\u201d said Fayez. However, there are far more centres of Western studies in Arab universities. [Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The spread of Confucius Institutes in Africa and elsewhere across the world is part of Beijing’s growing overseas image-building campaign, one that includes aid outflows<\/a>, large foreign investments<\/a> in infrastructure and business development, and international media deals<\/a>. China’s projection of soft power via Confucius Institutes has raised concerns over the impact of Chinese government money on academic freedom<\/a> in universities in the west. The University of Chicago closed its institute in 2014<\/a> after more than\u00a0100 professors lobbied for its eviction<\/a>\u00a0on grounds of government interference in the selection of teaching materials.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a growing number of institutions of higher education in the west have in recent years\u00a0set up joint programs in China to promote cultural exchange<\/strong><\/a>. From Robert Delaney at South China Morning Post:<\/p>\n

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[…The] historical tide of one-way learning, wherein Chinese students gained new skills and cultural understanding from US academic institutions, has shifted in recent years with scores of distinguished American universities opening joint programmes in the PRC. That trend started with The Hopkins Nanjing Centre for Chinese and American Studies, which opened its doors to American and Chinese students in 1986.<\/p>\n

Since then, nearly every top-tier school has a China programme. The trend has gained momentum with New York University having started its joint programme in Shanghai with East China Normal University in 2013 and Duke University starting a joint programme with Wuhan University in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province next year.<\/p>\n

Last year, Blackrock Chairman Stephen Schwarzman established a one-year Master\u2019s degree in Global Affairs at the renowned Tsinghua University in Beijing. The initiative is the product of China\u2019s largest single philanthropic effort, with over US$430 million raised from donors worldwide.<\/p>\n

In a discussion with Columbia\u2019s president Lee Bollinger, Schwarzman and other dignitaries before her keynote speech, Liu suggested more joint programmes may be in the offing. [Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

China\u2019s Confucius Institutes (CI)–government-funded centers for research and language teaching run by state agency Hanban–are leading China\u2019s cultural diplomacy in dozens of African countries through Chinese language and cultural studies programs aimed at shaping public opinion and strengthening South-South cooperation, though the actual impact of these efforts on Africans’ views of China has been questioned.\u00a0Claire 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