In 2011, at the age of 15, I was introduced to the Middle Kingdom in the same way that hundreds of thousands of people around the world have been introduced to it since 2004 when the first Confucius Institute opened in Seoul, South Korea.
According to the Constitution and By-Laws of the Confucius Institutes, in Article 4 it states that the Confucius Institutes are non-profit organizations for education, and as stated in Article 1, they are here to:e already devote themselves to satisfying the demands of people from different counties and regions in the world who learn the Chinese language, to enhancing understanding of the
Chinese language and culture by these people, to strengthen educational and cultural exchange and cooperation …show more content…
Through my personal experience with the Hanban, and through external research, I intend to outline the pros and cons of Confucius Institutes and show how China’s use of soft power may in fact be beneficial to many nations as it is helping to close the large cultural and economic gaps between many states.
The installment of Hanban Confucius Institutes in Universities and secondary schools across the globe is allowing thousands of students to obtain a deeper understanding of the language and culture of one of the world's biggest superpowers, The People’s Republic of China. Many people oppose the instalment of these ‘classrooms’ or ‘institutes’ because it is a clear cut way for the Chinese Communist Party, or the CCP, to inject soft power into nations by seducing the younger generation to explore China, their customs and language, and therefore explore Communism. While the CIs could be considered the use of soft power by the CCP, it is important to realize the many benefits that they can bring to students all over the …show more content…
One reason that many secondary schools are willing to invite the addition of a Confucius Classroom into their schools, is because it comes at a very little cost to them. The books, supplies, decorations, and most importantly, teachers, are all paid for by the Hanban, not from the individual schools
According to the Constitution and By-Laws of the Confucius Institutes, in Article 4 it states that the Confucius Institutes are non-profit organizations for education, and as stated in Article 1, they are here to:e already devote themselves to satisfying the demands of people from different counties and regions in the world who learn the Chinese language, to enhancing understanding of the
Chinese language and culture by these people, to strengthen educational and cultural exchange and cooperation …show more content…
Through my personal experience with the Hanban, and through external research, I intend to outline the pros and cons of Confucius Institutes and show how China’s use of soft power may in fact be beneficial to many nations as it is helping to close the large cultural and economic gaps between many states.
The installment of Hanban Confucius Institutes in Universities and secondary schools across the globe is allowing thousands of students to obtain a deeper understanding of the language and culture of one of the world's biggest superpowers, The People’s Republic of China. Many people oppose the instalment of these ‘classrooms’ or ‘institutes’ because it is a clear cut way for the Chinese Communist Party, or the CCP, to inject soft power into nations by seducing the younger generation to explore China, their customs and language, and therefore explore Communism. While the CIs could be considered the use of soft power by the CCP, it is important to realize the many benefits that they can bring to students all over the …show more content…
One reason that many secondary schools are willing to invite the addition of a Confucius Classroom into their schools, is because it comes at a very little cost to them. The books, supplies, decorations, and most importantly, teachers, are all paid for by the Hanban, not from the individual schools