Confucius Institutes go beyond borders (8)

Dozens of university presidents wrote letters to the US Department of State criticizing the policy directive. Eight days later, the US government changed the policy and promised it would not force the teachers to leave.

"The Confucius Institutes are definitely not Trojan Horses, since we are holding no weapons in our hands," Xu said.

"In 2011, only 12.5 percent of the institutes used textbooks published in China; the others used teaching materials composed in foreign countries, so we are not bringing any 'weapons' in our teaching.

"When we promote China's culture, we are not trying to force our values or traditions onto others. We teach foreign students how to say 'hello' and 'goodbye' in Mandarin, we tell them that when Chinese people meet each other, they usually say 'Have you had a meal'. Isn't that culture?"

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