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Shouldn’t we just close all Confucius Institutes?
Shouldn’t we just close all Confucius Institutes?

Written by Matthias Niedenführ

The West must ask itself serious questions about its desired relationship with China but a blanket closure of Confucius Institutes seems a politically expedient knee jerk reaction.

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In Conversation: Michael Schuman on his latest book "Superpower Interrupted"
In Conversation: Michael Schuman on his latest book "Superpower Interrupted"

While Xi wishes to change the world order, he has yet to elucidate an attractive and comprehensive vision for an alternative. Xi’s entire conception of foreign affairs is to strip them of values (or at least liberal ones), rendering his worldview vacant of ideas that would woo others.

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