The Computer Olympiad is a multi-games event in which computer programs compete against each other. For many games,the Computer Olympiads are an opportunity to claim the "world's best computer player" title. First contested in 1989,the majority of the games are board games but other games such as bridge take place as well. In 2010,several puzzles were included in the competition.
Opole University of Technology is a university located in Opole,Poland.
The Beijing International Studies University (BISU) is a public research university based in the city of Beijing,China. Founded in 1964,it was part of the national initiative to promote tertiary foreign language education. The institute grew out of a subsidiary of Xinhua News Agency and has developed into one of the most notable universities of foreign languages and cultural studies in China. Today,the university pioneers in the fields of international trade,tourism studies and hospitality management.
Free Tibet (FT) is a non-profit,non-governmental organisation,founded in 1987 and based in London,England. According to their mission statement,Free Tibet advocates for "a free Tibet in which Tibetans are able to determine their own future and the human rights of all are respected."
Confucius Institutes are public educational and cultural promotion programs funded and arranged currently by the Chinese International Education Foundation,a government-organized non-governmental organization (GONGO) under the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. The Confucius Institute program was formerly under Hanban,an organization affiliated with the Chinese government. The stated aim of the program is to promote Chinese language and culture,support local Chinese teaching internationally,and facilitate cultural exchanges. The organization has been criticized over concerns of the Chinese government's undue overseas influence and suppression of academic freedom.
Kenneth J. Hammond is Professor of History at New Mexico State University. Hammond was a student and Students for a Democratic Society leader at Kent State University from 1967 to 1970. He later (1985) completed his degree in Political Science,then studied Modern Chinese language at the Beijing Foreign Languages Normal School in Beijing. Hammond received an M.A. in Regional Studies - East Asia (1989),and a Ph.D in History and East Asian Languages (1994) from Harvard University. In 2007,Hammond was appointed director of the Confucius Institute,a cultural initiative funded in part by Hanban on the NMSU campus that is dedicated to studying and publicizing China and Chinese culture. He is the editor of the journal Ming Studies. The Confucius Institute was closed in 2020 due to political pressure from the Federal government.
Capital Normal University is a university in Beijing,China. It is a Chinese state Double First Class University Plan university,identified by the Ministry of Education of China. Founded in 1954,formerly known as Beijing Normal College. In 1992,the branch of Beijing Normal College was merged into Beijing Normal College,and the school was renamed Capital Normal University.
The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) is a university situated in the city of Ningbo in the coastal province of Zhejiang,near Shanghai,China. It is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom (UK). The university was the first Sino-foreign university to open its doors in China,in 2004,with the approval of the Chinese Ministry of Education. It is run by Nottingham UK in cooperation with Zhejiang's Wanli Education Group.
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology,colloquially Nan Xin Da is an elite Chinese state Double First Class University Plan university approved by the Ministry of Education of China,located in northern part of Nanjing city,China. It is well known for meteorology research and education. In 2021,the university was among the world's top 500 universities,according to QS World University Rankings,but was dropped out in 2022. Also,in 2021 it was among top 800 universities,according to Times Higher Education World University Rankings,but fell down to the top 1000 universities category in 2022. Nature Index identified it as one of the top 50 universities of China in Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Sidney A. McPhee is a Bahamian born,American educator currently serving as the President of Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). McPhee,who became MTSU's tenth president in 2001,earned his B.A. degree from Prairie View A&M University in 1976,a master's degree in 1979 from the University of Miami,Coral Gables,Florida,and a Doctorate in Applied Behavioral Studies in Education from Oklahoma State University. During McPhee's presidency,MTSU became the largest undergraduate university in Tennessee and the No. 1 producer of graduates in the Tennessee Board of Regents system. MTSU is also the top destination for transfer students in Tennessee,the state's veterans,and boasts the state's largest summer session enrollment.
Hanban,also known as Confucius Institute Headquarters,is the colloquial abbreviation for the Office of Chinese Language Council International. It was originally called the China National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language,which was established in 1987. According to Hanban's official website,Hanban is "a public institution affiliated with the Chinese Ministry of Education" and is committed to "providing Chinese language and cultural teaching resources and services worldwide". Hanban's goals include "making Chinese language and culture teaching resources and services available to the world","meeting the demands of overseas Chinese learners",and "contributing to the formation of a world of cultural diversity and harmony". Hanban aims to cultivate knowledge and interest in the Chinese language and culture around the world,especially in people who are not native speakers of Chinese. Hanban has worked "closely with overseas organizations to develop Chinese language courses in their respective countries".
The Confucius Institute (CI) program,which began establishing centers for Chinese language instruction in 2004,has been the subject of criticisms,concerns,and controversies during its international expansion.
Xu Yuanchong was a Chinese translator,best known for translating Chinese ancient poems into English and French. He was a professor at Peking University since 1983.
Otto Lin was born Chui Chau Lin (林垂宙) in Shantou,Guangdong,China,in 1938. He came to Hong Kong as a refugee and went to Taiwan in 1953 where education at K-12 level was free. He attended National Taiwan University and received a BS in chemical engineering in 1960. After serving in ROTC,he was admitted to University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana for post-graduate studies. Later he transferred to Columbia University in the City of New York,received the Ph.D. degree in 1967 in chemistry. His doctoral research was on the relationship of macromolecular conformation and hydrodynamic properties of DNA.
NEOMA Business School is a French business and management school founded in 2013,following the merger of Reims Management School and Rouen Business School.
Yuan Xian,courtesy name Zisi or Yuan Si,was a Chinese philosopher who was a major disciple of Confucius. Classic Chinese sources stated he was modest and incorruptible,and adhered strictly to the teachings of Confucius despite living in abject poverty.
The Braga incident was a 2014 academic scandal in which Xu Lin,the Director-General of the Hanban and Chief Executive of the Confucius Institute Headquarters ordered her staff to remove pages referring to Taiwanese academic institutions from the published program for the European Association for Chinese Studies July–August conference in Braga,Portugal,claiming the materials were "contrary to Chinese regulations",which The Wall Street Journal described as the "bullying approach to academic freedom". The incident led to renewed criticism of Confucius Institutes.
Peggy Chiao is a Taiwanese/Chinese filmmaker,producer,distributor,educator,juror,critic,and author. She is known internationally as the "godmother of New Taiwan Cinema".
Roger T. Ames is a Canadian-born philosopher,translator,and author. He is Humanities Chair Professor at Peking University in Beijing,China,Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa,and a Berggruen Fellow. He has made significant contributions to the study of Chinese and comparative philosophy,in which he emphasizes the importance of understanding Chinese philosophy on its own terms rather than through the lens of Western philosophy.
Chinese censorship abroad refers to extraterritorial censorship by the government of the People's Republic of China,i.e. censorship that is conducted beyond China's own borders. The censorship can be applied to both Chinese expatriates and foreign groups. Censored topics include the political status of Taiwan,human rights in Tibet,Xinjiang internment camps,the Uyghur genocide,the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre,the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests,the COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China,the PRC government's COVID-19 pandemic response,the persecution of Falun Gong,and more general issues related to human rights in China.
