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The Czech-Chinese Centre at Charles University is closing amid revelations <\/a>of secret payments to faculty by the Chinese embassy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The university has been embroiled in a scandal over secret Chinese payments\nto four of its faculty members, amid concerns that Beijing is using the\ncentre to boost its influence in the Czech academic sphere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The university fired the head of the university\u2019s Centre for Security\nPolicy, and two other members of the Social Sciences faculty last week\nafter it emerged that they had set up a private fund through which the\nChinese embassy paid for conferences co-organised by the university centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rector Zima said he would not stand by and watch the centre damage the university\u2019s reputation. Charles University is the oldest university in Central Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credit: radio.cz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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