China block on foreign access to journal portal ‘damages knowledge’

Further security service-directed restrictions could deal ‘serious blow’ to West’s China studies and isolate Chinese academics

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April 13, 2023

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April 13, 2023

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Restricted: a veil has been drawn by the country’s security services over the China National Knowledge Infrastructure

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