Tag: Confucius Institutes
Federal government makes front against Chinese Confucius Institutes
Berlin German security authorities are alarmed by increasing economic and scientific espionage by China. The Office for the Protection of the Constitution recently described the People’s Republic as the “greatest…
Federal government makes front against Chinese Confucius Institutes
Berlin German security authorities are alarmed by increasing economic and scientific espionage by China. The Office for the Protection of the Constitution recently described the People’s Republic as the “greatest…
Minister warns science and industry
Taipei, Berlin It was the most delicate trip of Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger’s (FDP) term. In a brightly colored bus, she has been driving non-stop through Taiwan for the past…
Interior Ministry warns of “Confucius Institutes” at universities
Berlin The Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) warns against Chinese influence on German universities through so-called Confucius Institutes. The BMI sees the cooperation between German universities and the Confucius…
CDU calls for the end of Chinese Confucius Institutes
flags The cooperation between Chinese Confucius Institutes and German universities is not only viewed critically by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The CDU wants…
Bettina Stark-Watzinger advises universities to take radical steps against China
Berlin Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger (FDP) has called for more distance from China, including in science. German researchers should not only avoid cooperation “in all dual-use cases where military…
The West and the Silk Road
After Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine, the world will no longer be the same as before, says Chancellor Olaf Scholz. That is an accurate assessment, especially with regard to the…