Confucius Institutes, the language and culture programs funded by the Chinese government, have been established in more than 1,500 schools worldwide since their debut in 2004.
A centerpiece of China's soft power policy, they represent an effort to smooth China's path to superpower status by enhancing its global appeal.
Yet Confucius Institutes have given rise to voluble and contentious public debate in host countries, where they have been both welcomed as a source of educational funding an.
University Of Hawaii Press China in the world: an anthropology of confucius institutes, soft power, and globalization, paperback/jennifer hubbert
