2. From growing unexamined ties with China, censored articles to expelled students, It is worrying that autonomy of Australia's universities now faces intensifying erosions.
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1. Universities are one of prime targets of #China’s overseas propaganda campaigns, as a way to stamp out overseas #CCP critics like @DrewPavlou & critical studies on Chinahttps://hongkongfp.com/2020/08/14/australian-university-criticized-for-censoring-voices-supporting-human-rights-in-hong-kong/ …
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3. Without public scrutiny on funds from
#Beijing government and directly funded bodies, it is worrying that those CCP funds have become China’s new leverage, which would clearly undermine the educational independence of receiving universities.Show this thread -
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#CCP-funded courses also function as#China's propaganda arms, with their teaching materials legitimizing#Beijing’s human rights violations in#Uyghur re-education camps in#Xinjiang and stigmatizing#HK democracy movements.https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/australian-university-teaching-prochina-class-that-amounts-to-amounts-to-propaganda-critics-say/news-story/d2d4f7e4182f0fc922f351ec26c5fb1b …Show this thread -
5. On top of that, Beijing-backed and owned entities also use to the research capacity of Australian universities to develop
#China’s surveillance and social credit system, which are used in internal repressions.https://www.news.com.au/national/australian-universities-helping-china-to-spy-in-massive-global-operation-four-corners-reveals/news-story/0f5354ee03ee93ea268c0c3eb2ba7a8a …Show this thread -
7. Universities should be more than just business values, but also the bastion of liberal values. I hope that Australian universities should take concrete measures to protect their autonomy and make their controversial ties with
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The west must tighten its stance on China.
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The Confucius Institute must be shut down.
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Australia should pulled the leash of China, not the other way.
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In deiner Quelle steht:"Der Artikel wurde von einem Mitglied des Medienteams der UNSW verfasst".Also J. Wong! Damit ist klar, dass die Universität diesen Artikel auch entfernen darf, weil Interesse der Universität schaden konnte! Das hat nicht mit "CCP-Propagandakampagnen" zu tun
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