Critics from democratic countries should support academic freedom in Hong Kong, not by isolating it but by engaging with it even more, the author argues.
Confucius Institutes, of which there are 14 in Japan, target academic freedom and intellectual property in the garb of enhancing "Chinese culture and history."
Using China's foreign influence, Beijing seeks to absorb South Korea into its orbit and demolish democratic values and norms, says Han Min-ho.
China’s United Front activities show its strategy to diminish Japan’s and Western influence while dominating Africa’s economy, politics, and education.
In the U.S., the Confucius Institutes kept the terms of agreement with partner universities hidden. Teachers had to pledge to protect Chinese national interests.
“Is it sound,” asks Diet member Haruko Arimura, that “a cultural center of a country ruled exclusively by the Communist Party” be strategically placed in 14...
The Biden administration, by quietly reversing rules that were checks on China, is telling U.S. schools that they don't have to be transparent about their ties...
The United States government has begun to tighten surveillance of Confucius Institutes operating in that country. Confucius Institutes are non-profit educational institutions established...
Bookmark is a JAPAN Forward feature that gives you long reads for the weekend. Each edition introduces one overarching thought that branches off to a...
Author Jonathan Manthorpe, a Canadian citizen with decades of residence in Asia as a foreign correspondent, has chosen his title well. Despite its cuddly...
Approximately 300 articles in the Chinese studies journal China Quarterly, which the Cambridge University Press publishes in Britain, were made temporarily unavailable in China. ...