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Article: Confucius Institute launched in Vienna
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- September 26, 2006
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Confucius Institute launched in Vienna
VIENNA, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- The first Confucius Institute in
Austria, which aims to spread Chinese culture and language around the
world, was officially established at the University of Vienna on
Monday.
The Confucius Institute in Vienna was jointly built by the Beijing
Foreign Studies University and the University of Vienna.
The launch of the Confucius Institute in Vienna indicated the
increasing cultural and educational exchanges between China and
Austria, said Chinese Ambassador to Austria Lu Yonghua at the
ceremony.
Lu added that the Confucius Institute would serve as an important
platform for the two countries to research Confucianism, and ...