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                <h2 class="">Canadian Faculty Group Urges Colleges to Cut Ties With Confucius Institutes</h2>
        
    

        
        <p>The Canadian Association of University Teachers has urged 
colleges and universities to cut ties with Confucius Institutes, campus 
centers supported by the Chinese government that focus on teaching 
Chinese language and culture. The Canadian faculty group raised 
concerns, similar to the <a href="http://chronicle.com/article/At-US-Colleges/124975/">worries expressed by critics</a>
 on some American campuses, that the Chinese government’s involvement in
 the institutes infringes on free speech. Others, however, have argued 
that the institutes are valuable venues for teaching students about 
China.</p><p><a href="http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/canadian-faculty-group-urges-colleges-to-cut-ties-with-confucius-institutes/70749?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en">http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/canadian-faculty-group-urges-colleges-to-cut-ties-with-confucius-institutes/70749?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en</a><br>
</p><p><br></p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies                     <br>
University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone:  (215) 898-7475<br>Fax:  (215) 573-2138                                      <br><br>Email:  <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br>
<a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a>    <br><br>-------------------------------------------------
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