Confucius Institute receives top honor

Kansas University’s Confucius Institute was honored this week as one of this year’s top institutes in the world.

China this year recognized 20 institutes – four in the United States – for the quality of their programming. KU Confucius Institute director Bill Tsutsui was one of five people asked to speak during the opening ceremony of the Confucius Institute Conference in Beijing.

There are 210 Confucius Institutes worldwide and 38 in the United States.