Beijing Renames Confucius Institutes Amid Global Closures

Beijing Renames Confucius Institutes Amid Global Closures
Opponents of the Confucius Institutes rally in front of the Toronto District School Board on Oct 1, 2014. Zhou Xing/Epoch Times
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The Chinese regime is changing the name of its controversial Confucius Institutes as increasingly more Western schools are ending the program, which has been criticized for advancing Beijing’s sphere of influence. 
According to a document by China’s Ministry of Education, the institutes, branded by Beijing as promoting Chinese language and culture, are being renamed Centres for Language Exchange and Cooperation.