Talk:Xu Lin (Hanban)

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Created article after reading about European Association for Chinese Studies censorship incident in July 2014 (see under Hanban for discussion of this incident) in which Xu Lin ordered four pages torn out of a European conference program because they mentioned Taiwan institutions. She is prominent and seemed to deserve her own page. Evangeline (talk) 21:07, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

Today, the University of Chicago essentially decided to suspend its cooperation with the Hanban, apparently because of Xu Lin. The Chinese report says, "许琳的刚与硬，很多人都领教过。今年4月下旬，美国芝加哥大学百名退休教授联名要求停办孔子学院，许琳直接一封信写给芝加哥大学校长、一个电话打给其驻京代表，只有一句话，“只要你们学校做决定退出，我就同意”。她的态度，让对方着了急，很快答复，校方决定继续办好孔子学院" or, translated, "Xu Lin's firm attitude has been experienced by many people. At the end of April 2014, 100 retired university professors at the University of Chicago signed a petition to ban the Confucius Institute. As soon as she saw it, Xu Lin telephoned the president of the university from Beijing, saying curtly, 'If you want to withdraw your university from the program, I will agree.' Her attitude made the president anxious, and he quickly responded, deciding to keep the Confucius Institute going." [You can try translating this in Google Translate]. We haven't heard the last of Xu Lin and the Hanban.... Evangeline (talk) 22:52, 25 September 2014 (UTC)

Speculation?

The following passage seems to be a speculation. > The reason for the censorship was apparently concern that the publicity for independent Taiwan institutions cast doubt on China's claim to Taiwan. ----59.173.238.46 (talk) 20:06, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

Unrelated

The passages on EACS conference and University of Chicago CI closure are unrelated to the person in focus. Those passages might be interesting, but they should br either put s.v. "Confucius Institute" oder "University of Chicago"... ---59.173.238.46 (talk) 20:09, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

Not so! The EACS conference controversy was directly caused by Xu Lin. The University of Chicago Confucius Institute closure was also attributed to an interview in which Xu Lin seemed to be denigrating the university leadership. Evangeline (talk) 04:32, 6 January 2015 (UTC)

The controversy is certainly related to Xu Lin, but the massive coverage given to that single incident is grossly WP:UNDUE. It should be summarized and condensed. -Zanhe (talk) 21:52, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

Disagree. The reason the "single incident" got so much press is that it shows how the Confucius Institute as run by Xu Lin is really an arm of the Chinese state. It is therefore not "undue" as it very clearly reveals something very important.

Here's more Xu Lin fun: [1] Evangeline (talk) 17:19, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

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