The director of China’s Confucius Institute (CI) at Carleton University claims his institute is independent of Beijing’s control, but stumbles over question about the Tiananmen Square Massacre committed by the regime in 1989. “We don’t report anything to China. I report only to Canada, to Carleton University,” Justin Li told the Commons Committee on Canada-China Relations on Monday, when asked for the type of information CI at Carleton sends back to China. Li said the institute receives funding from the head office in Beijing. CIs, disguised as cultural and language programs at universities around the world, operate under the Chinese government agency Hanban, under its Ministry of Education. Besides espionage activities, they promote the CCP’s agenda, including censoring topics the regime deems sensitive such as the persecution of Falun Gong adherents, Uyghurs, and Tibetan Buddhists, and the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Michel Juneau-Katsuya, an expert in national security and intelligence and former …
Confucius Institute at Carleton University Claims It’s Independent From CCP Control
May 5, 2021
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