After one unassuming Chinese language teacher defected and spoke up against the Chinese government's multi-billion dollar Confucius Institute program, one of Canada's top ten universities and its largest school board found themselves embroiled in a growing global controversy as scholars, parents, and officials question the CI program's political influence and true purpose.
An examination of the Chinese government's multi-billion dollar Confucius Institute (CI) program and the growing global controversies surrounding it, featuring the exclusive personal story of former CI teacher, Sonia Zhao, whose defection and complaint led to the first closure of a CI on a North American campus, and the unprecedented outcry against Canada's largest school board, the TDSB, over its plan to open the world's largest CI. Includes both re-enactments and expert interviews that explore the risks the Confucius Institutes could pose to our society such as loss of academic integrity, violations of human rights codes, foreign influence, and even potential infringements on national security.
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