How China Is Closing the Soft Power Gap in Latin America
How China Is Closing the Soft Power Gap in Latin America
By
Lucia He
China’s influence in Latin America falls short when it comes to cultural ties. Confucius Institutes across the region are trying to bridge the gap.
This article is adapted from AQ’s latest issue on China and Latin America
It was a hot summer afternoon and Mao Yuxi, a teacher from Xi’an University, greeted her students as they arrived in the classroom, while Chinese music played softly in the background. It was an unusually small class, part of the summer break program at the Confucius Institute in the National University of La Plata (UNLP), an Argentine public university about 35 miles from Buenos Aires. The five...
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