JiKo<p>6 Australian universities have quietly closed Chinese government-linked Confucius Institutes on their campuses.</p><p>The Australian government has ramped up scrutiny on the education centres over concerns that Beijing is using them to spread propaganda and spy on Chinese international students.</p><p>I think Ateneo de Manila hosts a Confucius Institute.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Asian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Asian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Spying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spying</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Universities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UNSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UNSW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Melbourne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Melbourne</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czx1dyxyg10o" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/czx1dyxy</span><span class="invisible">g10o</span></a></p>