4 more Confucius Institutes open
By Joseph Boris in Washington and Liu Yuhan in Boston | China Daily | Updated: 2013-04-13 07:51
The opening of Confucius Institutes in New York and Washington in the past week brings a key part of China's "soft power" initiative to the United States.
Chinese and US dignitaries opened the first Confucius Institute in the US capital on Wednesday, expressing hope for a flowering of cooperation in education.
George Washington University became the latest campus in the US to host an outpost of China's primary project for spreading Chinese language and culture abroad.
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