Americans may be surprised to learn that Chinese commenters are likewise skeptical toward CIs, which they view as bestowing lavish foreign aid on already privileged Western students -- even as many back home continue to lack the basics. Netease, a popular Chinese news portal, collected data from the Hanban in 2012, showing that the Hanban provides up to $100,000 in initial start-up funding for each CI, with maintenance fees shared between the Hanban and the host institution. CIs not only offer courses on language, culture, and Chinese martial arts, but also provide subsidies for faculty to travel to China. The Hanban also provides $60,000 for each Confucius Classroom. Others have taken to social media to criticize the programs high outlays. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese children still cant afford to go to school. In remote areas, there is no classroom for schools or textbooks for students, wrote one commentator on Weibo, Chinas Twitter, on Oct. 4. But, he added, CIs provide funding for rich American students. Why doesnt the government invest in our own young people?
Posted on: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 18:12:34 +0000
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