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Confucius Institutes: Authoritarian Soft Power
CHINA: RESILIENT, SOPHISTICATED AUTHORITARIANISM
Joshua Kurlantzick & Perry Link
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NOTES
Michael Hsiao, “Transformations in China’s Soft Power toward ASEAN,” China Brief 8, no. 22 (November 24, 2008),
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“About Hanban,” Office of the Chinese Language Council International, North America Office,
http://www.hanban.ca/hanban.php?lang=en&x=11&y=10
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“Guidelines for Establishing Confucius Institutes Abroad,” website of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Japan, June 12, 2006,
http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/ce/cejp/chn/lxsjl/hyjx/t257515.htm
.
“Selling the Sage of Qufu,”
Economist
, July 6, 2006,
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_STQTRQV
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Hsiao, “Transformations.”
Yang Qingchuan, “Booming Confucius Institutes Enhance China’s Soft Power,” Xinhua, November 2, 2008,
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/02/content_10294081
. htm.
“College ‘Helps Dragon Economies,’” British Broadcasting Corporation, February 4, 2008,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7225943.stm
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“Zimbabwe: University to Teach Chinese,”
New York Times
, September 2, 2006,
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE4DB1F3EF931A3575AC0A9609C8B63
; “News from the Schools, July 2007,”
Economist
, July 25, 2007,
http://www.economist.com/business/globalexecutive/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_JQNGRPD
.
Hsiao, “Transformations.”
“Chinese Education Minister Vows to Maintain Sound Development of Confucius Institute,” Xinhua, December 12, 2007,
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/12/content_7235893.htm
.
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On June 4, 2009, a high level conference in Washington DC launched the "Undermining Democracy: 21st Century Authoritarians" study.
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