Formal ties with Chinese institution cut as part of “re-orientation” effort
Goethe University in Frankfurt has not renewed its cooperation agreement with the Frankfurt Confucius Institute (KIF), part of a chain of research institutes part-funded by the Chinese government.
Instead of a formal agreement, cooperation will be “continued on an ad-hoc basis”, the university confirmed. University faculty and students will continue to be able to take Chinese language courses and make use of other offers from the KIF.