China’s communist regime has set up technical training centers–under the umbrella of the so-called Luban Workshop—in dozens of countries in recent years, replacing its overseas propaganda organization, the Confucius Institute.
Experts have warned that Luban Workshop is the regime’s new way of covertly exporting its ideology.
The first Luban Workshop center was established in Thailand in 2016, according to a Voice of America (VOA) report. Now 25 centers have been opened in 19 countries around the world, the VOA stated.
The export model of Luban Workshop and Confucius Institute is basically the same—Chinese state-funded vocational and technical schools look for local partners in foreign countries, set up courses in local schools, teach Chinese standard technologies, and students will work in local projects after graduation. These specific projects are related to China’s Belt and Road Initiatives (BRI) in these countries, VOA reported….