Protesting Spanish professor 'warned university' over Confucius Institutes

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Protesting Spanish professor 'warned university' over Confucius Institutes

A university professor who gatecrashed the opening ceremony of a new Confucius Institute at Spain's Seville University last week tried to warn the school authorities for years that the language and cultural centers have been linked to the Chinese Communist Party's influence operations, she told RFA Mandarin in a recent interview. Journalism professor Mar Llera jumped onto the dais along with a research team member during the ceremony, as the un…