Six Australian universities close Chinese government-linked Confucius Institutes

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• Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Good fucking riddance.

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• Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Universities that closed their Confucius Institutes:

  • University of Melbourne
  • University of Queensland (UQ)
  • University of New South Wales (UNSW)
  • University of Western Australia (UWA)
  • Adelaide University (probably)
  • RMIT

  Universities that still have a Confucius Institute:

  • University of Newcastle
  • University of Sydney
  • Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
  • Griffith University
  • La Trobe University
  • Victoria University
  • Charles Darwin University (probably)

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  • Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Damn I’m at VU, might shoot them an email.

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      the thing is CI is more strident in misusing influence in the big more prestigious unis and in history and politics subjects, they try hard to influence the dialogue and narrative

      at the smaller unis it’s just using soft power on the locals and keeping tabs on Chinese nationals

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  yup

  in my classes ( art and language ) the political influence was subtle but present

  the cultural superiority was overt and hard to bear ( from other students )

  and there was no way I would use zoom

  but I found the teachers expert, helpful and kind

  in other classes the influence was much stronger

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