The NSW government has decided to review China’s state-sponsored Confucius Institutes that have been operating in Australian classrooms. The decision comes at a time when the federal government is looking to strengthen its foreign interference laws after reports of interference by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Australian politics was swept into the public eye last year.
On May 8, a spokesmаn for Rob Stokes, the NSW Eduсаtion Minister, told the ABC that the department is now investigating concerns raised over CCP-funded Confucius classrooms program that has been operating in NSW schools, with one main concern being that children are being exposed to propaganda.
