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Finland shuts down Confucius Institute amid espionage accusations... A cooperation contract between Helsinki University and the Confucius Institute will be terminated following accusations of spreading Chinese soft power, conducting espionage, and an attempt to block discussions on Tibet.

Belgium closed its Confucius Institute in 2019, Sweden and Denmark in 2020, and Norway in 2021. There are currently around 190 institutes in the EU. As of April, the number of institutes in the US had fallen to 18. more