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Taking the Confucius Institutes at face value
Properly examining the evidence will allow Australia to assess more credible threats of China’s foreign influence
In recent years, the deepening of Australia’s engagement with China (our most important trade partner) has exacerbated concerns over the motivations and consequences of its government’s influence in Australian political and economic life – and understandably so.
- Kieran Donelly
- Sung-Young Kim
- The Interpreter
Nowhere is the increasing levels of interdependence between China and Australia more evident than in Australia’s academic landscape.
Chinese organisations and individuals with alleged ties to government agencies face accusations of…