As India Steps Up Pressure Campaign on China, Confucius Institutes Put Under Review

As India Steps Up Pressure Campaign on China, Confucius Institutes Put Under Review
The Confucius Institute building on the Troy University Campus in Alabama on March 16, 2018 Kreeder13 via Wikimedia Commons
Venus Upadhayaya
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India is taking a “hard look” at two Chinese-language learning programs within Indian universities, with experts saying the Beijing-controlled Confucius Institutes (CI) are spreading the Chinese regime’s communist propaganda inside other countries.

India’s decision to review the programs is a sign of the deteriorating bilateral ties between the two countries following a bloody clash in June between the Indian military and the People’s Liberation Army in June at Galwan in the territory of Ladakh.

Venus Upadhayaya
Venus Upadhayaya
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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.
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