From: Magnus Fiskesjö (nf42@cornell.edu)
Links to/about the (rather damning) interview with the chief executive of the Confucius Institutes, 22 december 2014,
Confucius institute: The hard side of China’s soft power
(10 minute version)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-30567743
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hys6MKkJw8Y
Also see:
http://wwwpdic.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/bbc-interview-with-xu-lin-about.html
http://www.ejinsight.com/20141222-confucius-institutes-boss-defends-soft-power-program/
And (a 3 minute version):
Confucius Institutes: Are they free from the Chinese state?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-30572076