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Should Britain's Confucius Institutes be shut down?

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Confucius Institutes - Are They a Holy Evil Organization?

Some critics allege that there may be instances of espionage at Confucius Institutes. The centers are embedded in international universities where you can't talk about sensitive issues. They act as a forward radar for the United Front Work Department, he says. And this is an higher science and technology program to push forward Chinese Communist Party's attempts to occupy the ground on new technologies.

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