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Confucius Institutes in the UK
Based on the model of the British Council, Goethe Institute, and Alliance Française, Confucius Institutes are being set up worldwide to teach Chinese and about China. Confucius Institutes are being set up in local universities, with support from the Chinese government:
Chinese Embassy Introduction | Independent newspaper article
University of Edinburgh  | University of Cardiff   | University of Manchester |  University of Sheffield  |  SOAS  | LSE | Wales Lampeter

House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee Seventh Report on East Asia, including  'China's Rise and its impact on Foreign Policy and Security'. July 2006

HEFCE, ESRC, AHRC and SFC funding for the greater understanding of China, Japan, Eastern Europe and Arabic-speaking world: June 2006 announcement of the launch of five new collaborative centres as part of a joint £25million Language Based Area Studies initiative.
White Rose East Asia Centre (Leeds, Sheffield)
British Inter-University China Centre (Bristol, Manchester, Oxford)

New Routes to Language initiative to promote young people taking up language study

Rural China Education Foundation Volunteer Teaching Program 
www.ruralchina.org
RCEF is an international non-profit organization that is established to stimulate rural development through quality education. Annual Short-tem Volunteer Teaching Programs bring international young people together with Chinese mainland students to teach in rural schools, participate in community-building, and learn first-hand about the realities of today's rural China.

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