China’s threats to academic freedom ‘pose risks’ to foreign partners

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sometimes, academic freedom is wrongly used by professors. In fact, Western universities are not free as ordinary person think.

The allegations in the cited report, 'Obstacles to Excellence: Academic Freedom & China’s Quest for World Class Universities,' are from entirely unreliable sources. This is scarcely surprising, since "Scholars at Risk" is funded by the CIA's own National Endowment for Democracy. Perhaps it should be a rule that all such 'reports' should list their funding sources, just as scientific papers are expected to do, and for the same reason.

One question that arises with the increased scrutiny and investigation and increased denial of visas for international students is: are western nations creating forms of “surveillance, intimidation and coercive legal action” and limitations on academic freedom of international students through these actions? This, in no way,