The UK says its Confucius Institutes won’t be shutting down, after all. The British prime minister promised to ban the programs, but now, he’s changing his mind.
The Chinese state-sponsored institutes have already closed in several countries. Beijing bills them as culture and language exchange programs, but they’re widely seen as a tool China uses to infiltrate the West. NTD spoke to Marc Sidwell, director of research for The Henry Jackson Society, who called the U-turn disappointing.