US: Rejecting Confucius Funding

Wed Apr 30 07:27:33 UTC 2014

Education Week

Rejecting Confucius Funding

Professors at the University of Chicago have renewed their opposition to the Chinese-government funded Confucius Institute on their campus, with more than 100 of them signing a petition calling on the Council of the University Senate to vote to terminate the university’s contract with Hanban, the government entity that oversees the centers of Chinese language teaching and research.

Full story:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/04/29/chicago-faculty-object-their-campuss-confucius-institute#sthash.rqzZIs19.dpbs
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