Opinion: Confucius Institute helps us understand China

In the past few days, likely as a spin-off of the current issues around Huawei, one again sees claims being presented about the role and operation of Confucius Institutes, in particular the Confucius Institute in Edmonton (CIE).
The CIE was established in December 2007, with an agreement between Edmonton Public Schools (EPSB) and Hanban (China’s support organization for promoting the learning of Chinese language abroad). This agreement was made possible as a result of a prior concord signe