In recent years the Chinese government has founded several Confucius Institutes around the world, quite contrary to its "criticize Confucius and praise Qin Shihuang" policy during the Cultural Revolution. Besides expressing pleasure at this dissemination of Chinese culture, Kung avoids talking about political subjects.
近年中國一反文革前後的「批孔揚秦」政策，在海外廣設「孔子學院」，孔老先生表示此舉顯示中華文化受到宏揚、值得高興外，絕口避談政治話題。