China Bans Book on Last Ming Emperor After Comments Link it to Xi Jinping

Chen Zifei | Radio Free Asia Online comments link the book’s analysis of Chongzhen’s reign to China’s current situation under Xi Jinping. Authorities in China have banned a book about the last Ming dynasty emperor Chongzhen after online comments said its analysis could apply to current Communist Party leader Xi Jinping. “Chongzhen: The Hard-working Emperor Who […]

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

China Axes Hundreds of Joint Courses With Foreign Universities

Confucius Institutes are embedded in universities around the world, including dozens of U.S. universities, where they offer Mandarin language teaching, cultural activities, and other events to students. The State Department regards the programs as a foreign mission of the Chinese Communist Party.