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Confucius Institutes go beyond borders (5)

By Qu Yingpu, Zhao Huanxin and Cheng Yingqi  (China Daily)

14:45, December 03, 2012

Xu has looked beyond the explosion in the number of chain-store-like education institutes in the Western world and wants to optimize the layout of Confucius Institutes across the world.

"Although we do not open new Confucius Institutes on our own initiative, I would like to further increase the presence of Confucius Institutes in our neighboring countries as well as in the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa)," Xu said.

"The BRICS countries all have a big population. China's economic and political connection with them, and the neighboring countries, is getting closer, so we can focus more on these countries."

In recent years, she has also noticed a surge in demand for Mandarin teaching in these regions.


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