Confucius Institutes Under Fire

A couple of days ago, I wrote (scroll down) that the U.S. needs to eject the Confucius Institutes at various U.S. universities. Now University Times reports that a rebranding has taken place.

The Chinese government has rebranded Confucius Institutes as centres for “language exchange and cooperation”, after years of international criticism over the use of the institutes for propaganda and censorship.

A number of universities have closed their Confucius Institutes, both in the U.S. and Europe. It is unclear whether the remaining units will adopt the new name, as the headquarters has done.

We should send them packing.