CHINESE DIRECTOR OF CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE ACCUSED OF ESPIONAGE AND BARRED FROM VISITING SCHENGEN AREA
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Song Xinning, former Director of the Confucius Institute at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), in Brussels has been barred from entering the Schengen Area for eight years after being accused of espionage. Belgian newspaper De Morgen reported on October 29, that VUB had ignored a warning from the State Security Service about the institute’s activities. The article said also that Song Xinning had acted as a recruiter for Chinese intelligence services and hired informants from the Chinese student and business communities in Belgium.
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