Institute teachers must have ‘no record of participation in Falun Gong’

Canadian Schools ‘Unaware’ of Beijing’s Discrimination in Confucius Institute Hire

By Epoch Times Omid Ghoreishi —— Bio and Archives August 8, 2011

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There are now around 10 Confucius Institutes hosted in universities and other academic institutions across Canada. But as for working in these non-profit language and cultural schools, it seems those who practice Falun Gong need not apply.

A stipulation published on the main Confucius Institute (CI) website , which is controversially funded and controlled by the Chinese communist regime, states that overseas volunteer Chinese teachers must have “no record of participation in Falun Gong,” The Epoch Times has learned. Lucy Zhou, a spokeswoman for the Ottawa-based Falun Dafa Association, says this amounts to discrimination. More...

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