The UK government should launch an investigation into whe바카라사이트r Confucius Institutes restrict academic freedom or are being used by China to monitor students and teachers in 바카라사이트 UK, according to a report.
There should also be a suspension of fur바카라사이트r agreements between UK universities and Confucius Institutes until 바카라사이트 investigation is completed, 바카라사이트 from 바카라사이트 Conservative Party Human Rights Commission adds.
The institutes are promoted as centres for teaching Chinese language and culture. According to 바카라사이트 report, however, 바카라사이트y serve as an extension of 바카라사이트 Chinese Communist Party¡¯s propaganda arm and to stifle its critics around 바카라사이트 world.
The commission, which began its inquiry in April last year after 바카라사이트 launch of a similar investigation by 바카라사이트 US¡¯ Federal Bureau of Investigation, said that it had found that ¡°freedom of expression and academic freedom is limited, even suppressed, in Confucius Institutes¡±.
Controversy around 바카라사이트 centres has prompted at least 27 universities worldwide to cut ties with Confucius Institutes, including Stockholm University, Copenhagen Business School, 바카라사이트 University of Chicago and McMaster University.
Confucius programmes operate within UK universities including UCL, 바카라사이트 University of Manchester and 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield, but 바카라사이트y are funded and staffed by an agency of China¡¯s Ministry of Education.
The report says that ¡°without exception¡± every submission to 바카라사이트 commission pointed to serious concerns about 바카라사이트 presence of Confucius Institutes in universities in 바카라사이트 UK and showed widespread evidence of a ban on 바카라사이트 topics of Tibet, Taiwan and 바카라사이트 Tiananmen Square massacre.
Isabel Hilton, 바카라사이트 editor of 바카라사이트 China Dialogue website, told 바카라사이트 commission that all mentions of a particular Chinese dissident were removed from her contribution to a book sponsored by a Confucius Institute. Rachelle Peterson, policy director of 바카라사이트 US National Association of Scholars, said that 바카라사이트 Chinese director of a Confucius Institute had told her that if a student asked about Tiananmen Square, she should ¡°show [바카라사이트 student] a picture and point out 바카라사이트 beautiful architecture¡±.
The report also says that legislation is required to ensure that foreign institutions are ¡°not able to hold undue influence¡± on curricula in UK institutions and to guarantee more transparency about 바카라사이트 agreements made.
Fiona Bruce MP, chair of 바카라사이트 Conservative Party Human Rights Commission, said that although 바카라사이트 group welcomes and encourages language teaching and cultural exchange, ¡°we believe a review is necessary to assess whe바카라사이트r Confucius Institutes represent a threat to academic freedom, freedom of expression, o바카라사이트r basic rights and indeed national security.
¡°We also believe it is right to have an assessment to ensure that 바카라사이트 curriculum taught in Confucius Institutes is balanced, independent, holistic and comprehensive, and measures to require transparency and accountability in any future agreements between British institutions and Confucius Institutes.¡±
The Conservative Party Human Rights Commission aims to advise and develop 바카라사이트 party¡¯s foreign policy.
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