Institutes

What China's Talking About Today: Is Chinese Soft Power Working?

25 May 2012

A new U.S. policy that restricts Confucius Institutes starts a debate about China's influence abroad.

U.S. clarifies directive on Confucius Institutes

25 May 2012

U.S. Department of State spokesperson Victoria Nuland said on Thursday the department is going to sort out the mess-up in the visa processing issue related to Confucius Institutes in the United States, to which the department referred in a recent directive to U.S. universities.

US directive on Confucius Institutes may harm ties

25 May 2012

An official with the headquarters of China's Confucius Institute on Thursday said a US government directive asking the institute's Chinese teachers on American campuses to leave may harm the Sino-US friendship.