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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

The Scottish universities accepting millions from organisations linked to China

Scottish universities have accepted millions of pounds from Chinese organisations with alleged links to the military, human rights abuses and…

The National (Scotland)

Pandas: China's secret soft-power weapon amid growing tensions with the West

A French zoo will bid farewell to one of its star attractions – a 5-year-old giant panda – on Tuesday, with the bear set to participate in a breeding programme in China’s Sichuan province. Although Yuan Meng was born in France, he is Chinese property on loan to the zoo…

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In Taiwan, Liz Truss Called For ‘Economic NATO’ to Counter China

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Sunak U-turn on ban for China’s Confucius Institute like ‘script for Yes Minister’

The retreat has been criticised by Tory backbenchers, with former prime minister Liz Truss urging Rishi Sunak to deliver on his leadership promises

The Independent UK

Sunak backtracks on leadership pledge to shut down Confucius Institutes

The retreat has been criticised by Tory backbenchers, with former prime minister Liz Truss urging Rishi Sunak to deliver on his leadership promises.

The Independent UK

Don’t trust China, Truss warns Sunak

Former PM will make personal plea to successor to back up previous claims that China is ‘biggest threat’ facing Britain

The Independent UK

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Chinese embassy calls Liz Truss’s trip to Taiwan a ‘dangerous political stunt’

Former prime minister will challenge Rishi Sunak to deliver on rhetoric about Beijing being a ‘threat’ to UK

The Guardian - UK

Don’t trust China, Truss warns Sunak: ‘You can’t believe a word they say’

Former PM will make personal plea to successor to back up previous claims that China is ‘biggest threat’ facing Britain

The Independent UK

Alex Salmond defends Chinese Confucius Institutes in security fears row

ALEX Salmond has called for an end to the “Cold War mentality” towards China after it was announced the government may crack down on Confucius…

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak considers Confucius Institute ban amid 'secret Chinese police' fears

A GOVERNMENT minister has said that the Prime Minister is “looking to close” Confucius Institutes across UK universities over security…

The National (Scotland)

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

Rishi Sunak vows to 'drive down support for independence' with pop at SNP

The former chancellor also insisted the SNP claim “credit for all the good things in Scotland”

The National (Scotland)

Sunak ruse aims to outmanoeuvre Truss over China

Analysis: claims by ex-chancellor about Foreign Office weakness towards Beijing look like an attempt to head off a similar attack on him

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The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak says China is ‘biggest threat’ to UK as he promises new curbs on Beijing

Former chancellor vows to ban Confucius Institutes from country

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak lurch right and target China as they gear up for TV debate

The Tory leadership candidates spent the weekend trying to outdo each other by promising hard-line approaches on issues such as immigration and Brexit

Newsroom.co.nz

A decade of Chinese growth in the Pacific

China’s presence in the Pacific has taken new forms. What was once purely economic, is now much deeper, writes Henryk Szadziewski.

360info

How China’s presence has grown in the Pacific in the past decade

China’s presence in the Pacific has taken new forms. What was once purely economic, is now much deeper.

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The Independent UK

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 Guardian - AU

University students and staff face increasing threats, foreign interference inquiry finds

Report singles out Chinese-government funded Confucius Institutes and recruitment drives encouraging Australian researchers to work with overseas universities

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