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A list of 10 Confucius Institutes in the US, including one that is \"paused\", and a total of 111 that have closed or are in the process of closing. The article explains the risks and controversies of Confucius Institutes, the rebranding efforts of some colleges and universities, and the impact of the Chinese government's influence on American higher education.

What happened? Seeking to promote study of Chinese culture and language and to forge positive bonds with educators and students, China’s government began sponsoring the establishment of Confucius Institutes in 2004. By 2018, there were 548 such institutes across the globe. The first Confucius Institute in the U.S. was at the University of Maryland.

Open to the general public, Confucius Institutes promote Chinese language but also run classes in culture, from calligraphy and cooking to tai chi. They sponsor educational exchanges and hold...

Confucius Institutes are Chinese language and culture centres set up through partnerships between an Australian university, a Chinese university and Hanban – an organisation directly under...

More than 100 U.S. institutions of higher education hosted Confucius Institutes (CIs), Chinese government-funded language and culture centers, on campus during the late 2000s and 2010s. While CIs provided a source of funding and other resources that enabled U.S. colleges and universities to build capacity, offer supplemental programming, and ...