Kenneth King
Professor Emeritus, University of Edinburgh
Kenneth.King@ed.ac.uk
The Confucius Institutes (CIs) play a role similar to the British Council or Goethe Institute, in promoting language and culture worldwide. Since the launch of the first CI in 2005, there are now some 450 worldwide. In addition, there are some 1000 Confucius Classrooms (CCs) operating at the school level. CIs and CCs differ from their comparators in having Chinese university and school partners. The CIs also differ by being located within their host universities. They have faced challenges especially in the USA during Trump’s presidency, where the majority have been obliged to close. We explore the wider political economy of CIs.
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Seminar video in Panopto; in YouTube
