UK academics studying topics sensitive to China face harassment, survey finds
UK academics studying topics sensitive to China face harassment, survey finds
UK academics studying topics sensitive to China face harassment, survey finds
Exclusive: University staff report facing pressure to change teaching and are told that Chinese surveillance is rife
Academics and students of Chinese studies in Britain are being subject to harassment, surveillance and pressure to self-censor as they seek to avoid disruption to funding, a survey of universities by a transparency group has concluded.
The findings by UK-China Transparency coincide with new government guidance stating that universities may be breaching rules by having partnerships with foreign governments that require academic staff to pass ideological tests – for example, by hosting Confucius Institutes.
Academics working on topics that are politically sensitive to the Chinese Communist party (CCP) reported instances of harassment from colleagues and pressure from university administrators related to the financial consequences of damaging relations with China.
Why do all governments suck? Its like the human race is incapable of getting along for even 5 minutes on this planet. Its exhausting being here...
The fact that The Guardian is being deliberately cagey on what, exactly, academics are writing that's causing blowback from their Chinese peers is notable.
Given the state of Western academia under our current fascist regime, I would not be upset to hear China censoring climate skeptics, eugenics advocates and Holocaust denialists, particularly if they're fixated on Chinese policy as a scapegoat.
But maybe that's not what they're upset about. Idk. The NEWS ARTICLE won't TELL ME. Almost as though they are SELF-CENSORING, which the Guardian has a long and troubled history of.
So the better question might be, why do all journalists suck?
China is known just as much for their brutal censorship, and attacks on people just as much as the U.S. right now. I very rarely will ever defend China bcz on the whole they are doing their own genocide, internet censorship, and instigating wars around their part of the world. They are not better than the U.S., just different.