2021/02/03 11:12 Confucius snack noodles (Tainan City Government photo) Confucius snack noodles (Tainan City Government photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) The top American representative to Taiwan is urging the country to fill the gap left by the exodus of China s Confucius Institutes in the U.S., following accusations that they advance the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) political agenda. Brent Christensen, director at the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), told Nikkei Asia that Taiwan can play a significant role in promoting Mandarin education in the U.S. Lambasting the Confucius Institute s curriculum as biased, he said that Taiwan shares the U.S. commitment to intellectual and academic freedom.