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Confucius Institute Opens

KCUR
Published May 5, 2006 at 1:12 AM CDT
Chinese Consul General Xu Jinzhong, Vice Minister of Education Wu Qidi, KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway and Kansas Govenor Kathleen Sebelius celebrate opening of Institute.
Frank Morris
Chinese Consul General Xu Jinzhong, Vice Minister of Education Wu Qidi, KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway and Kansas Govenor Kathleen Sebelius celebrate opening of Institute.

By Frank Morris

Kansas City, MO – The Confucius Institute, on KU's Edwards Campus, is one of the first links in what the Chinese government hopes will be a globe spanning chain of institutes to promoting Chinese language and culture.
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