Parliamentary Screening - In the Name of Confucius - Australian Premiere

Event details: Thursday 7 June 2018 | 6.30-8.30pm | Jubilee Room Parliament House of NSW In the Name of Confucius is the first documentary exposé of China’s multi-billion dollar Confucius Institute (CI), a Chinese language program on foreign campuses, and the growing global controversies surrounding it—loss of academic integrity, violations of human rights codes, foreign influence, and even potential infringements on national security. There are Confucius Institutes in 14 Australian universities and 67 Confucius Classrooms in schools, out of which 13 are in NSW. Film Screening followed by Q&A and Panel discussion with: -Doris Liu, Director of In the Name of Confucius (via Skype) -Anastasia Lin, Miss World Canada 2015 and human rights advocate -Yonglin Chen, Former PRC diplomat, granted Protection visa by Australia, currently Australian citizen and Campaign Coordinator of Sydney Network for Democracy in China -Kyinzom Dhongdue, Executive Officer of Australia Tibet Council and Member of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile The film trailer can be viewed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYa55jk2uVI Book tickets here: Book tickets here: https://inthenameofconfucius-australian-premiere.eventbrite.com