INTERVIEW Confucius Institutes trigger dispute between US-educated, China studies professors
gettyimagesbank CI director denies allegations about the China-funded language centers, promotes benefits of academic partnerships with China By Kang Hyun-kyung Kim Hyun-cheol, a professor in Yonsei University's Department of Chinese Language & Literature and the director of the Confucius Institute (CI) on its campus Kim Hyun-cheol, a professor in Yonsei University's Department of Chinese Language & Literature and the director of the Confucius Institute (CI) on its campus, had a meeting with the university's president recently to discuss the CI's presence on their campus. The meeting was held after a string of universities in the United States and Canada have been shutting down CIs on their campuses, one after another, following various controversies surrounding the Chinese government-funded cultural and language institutes. In North America, Austr
