Why the NSW government is reviewing its Confucius Classrooms program
- Written by Jeffrey Gil, Senior Lecturer in College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University
There are 1,113 Confucius Classrooms in 146 countries and regions across the world.UniversityofMemphis/flickr, CC BY-NC-NDSince the early 2000s, China has been focusing on soft power as one means of achieving its goals in world politics. The promotion of Chinese language learning has been a major aspect of this. Language is seen as a means for...