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China-backed centres at UK universities under threat from new free speech laws

Exclusive: Confucius Institutes, partnerships between UK and Chinese universities, funded by the Chinese state, offer Mandarin classes and promote cultural events

The Guardian - UK

UK expected to stop funding Chinese state-linked Mandarin teaching schools

Secretive visa scheme has been used to fast-track Chinese staff to promote Communist party values at Confucius Institutes

The Guardian - UK

‘Red-baiting’ fliers mailed to Vietnamese Americans in tight California congressional race

LOS ANGELES — The campaign flier sent to Vietnamese-American voters in Orange County is heavily doctored and designed to inflame. A Democratic congressional candidate is photoshopped in front of a classroom of children, a copy of “The Communist Manifesto” in hand.

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Beijing-backed Chinese language schools in UK to be replaced with teachers from Taiwan

MPs in talks with Taiwan to help phase out Confucius Institutes as relations between the countries worsen

The Guardian - UK

Amid China's military and diplomatic isolation, Taiwan turns to films and games to reconnect with the world

For years, Beijing has tried to isolate Taiwan from the world through military threats and dollar diplomacy, but the self-governed island is finding ways to reconnect with the world.

ABC News

Tory MP warns education is being ‘weaponised by those against us’

Alicia Kearns says Confucius Institutes are ‘undermining the integrity of the Mandarin education in our country’.

The Independent UK

VIDEO: Karachi Suicide Bomber Was Highly Educated Married Mum-of-Two

Shari Baloch, 30, became the first female suicide bomber of the Baloch Liberation Army when she blew herself up.

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Pakistan: Woman suicide bomber change in Baloch rebels’ strategy?

Shari Baloch blowing herself up to kill three Chinese nationals making analysts wonder if rebels are changing tactics.

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