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Frankfurt university ends deal with Confucius Institute

    

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.

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