Beijing Rebranded Confucius Institutes in Response to Rising International Criticism: Report

Rachelle Peterson, a researcher with the National Association of Scholars who focuses on studying CIs, has explained that while many universities have dropped these centers, the change may have been cosmetic. Peterson told Fox News in March that some colleges that have closed the institutes have simply ended up “replacing them with other organizations that retain a lot of Confucius I

EU Commission Slams Beijing’s Investment Strategy, Human Rights Record

FRANK FANG | EPOCH TIMES The European Commission did not hold back in its criticism of China in its latest report, calling Beijing a “systemic rival.”  The executive arm of the European Union called China a state that promotes “alternative models of governance” in a report on EU-China relations published on March 12. With such an assertion, […]

China in Nationwide Security Crackdown During New Silk Road Forum

Qiao Long, Gao Shan and Wong Si-lam  |  Radio Free Asia China has ordered businesses to close and carried out mass detentions of petitioners and rights activists in a nationwide security operation during its “New Silk Road” forum in Beijing. As nearly 30 heads of state gathered in Beijing for President Xi Jinping’s “Belt and […]