#AcademicFreedom
The Decline of Academic Freedom in Hong Kong
4 diagrams that indicate academic freedom in Hong Kong has been consistently deteriorating in the last 2 decades.
According to the Putting Academic Freedom into Action report prepared by the Global Public Policy Institute, HK belongs to a group of 10 jurisdictions that experienced deterioration of academic freedom by at least 0.1 points in the last 5 years. On the contrary, other much less developed countries made improvements in academic freedom.
Full article:
https://telegra.ph/The-Decline-of-Academic-Freedom-in-Hong-Kong-08-22
The Decline of Academic Freedom in Hong Kong
4 diagrams that indicate academic freedom in Hong Kong has been consistently deteriorating in the last 2 decades.
According to the Putting Academic Freedom into Action report prepared by the Global Public Policy Institute, HK belongs to a group of 10 jurisdictions that experienced deterioration of academic freedom by at least 0.1 points in the last 5 years. On the contrary, other much less developed countries made improvements in academic freedom.
Full article:
https://telegra.ph/The-Decline-of-Academic-Freedom-in-Hong-Kong-08-22
#Censorship
Thai Authorities Ban Live Broadcasts, Telegram and Books
In Thailand, pro-democracy protests continue, demanding the reform of the monarchy system. The Thai authorities have banned the live broadcast by 4 online media outlets and the use of the communication application Telegram. The Police also banned three books, claiming that they incited hatred for the Thai royal family and humiliated and defamed the Thai emperor, violating national security.
One of these three books were written by historian Thongchai Winichakul, who is professor emeritus of Southeast Asian History at University of Wiscosin-Madison. Two others were written by associate professor
ณัฐพล ใจจริง.
Source: Stand News #Oct21
https://www.facebook.com/710476795704610/posts/3572825712803023/
#WhatisHappeninginThailand #StandWithThailand #AcademicFreedom #FreeSpeech #Telegram
Thai Authorities Ban Live Broadcasts, Telegram and Books
In Thailand, pro-democracy protests continue, demanding the reform of the monarchy system. The Thai authorities have banned the live broadcast by 4 online media outlets and the use of the communication application Telegram. The Police also banned three books, claiming that they incited hatred for the Thai royal family and humiliated and defamed the Thai emperor, violating national security.
One of these three books were written by historian Thongchai Winichakul, who is professor emeritus of Southeast Asian History at University of Wiscosin-Madison. Two others were written by associate professor
ณัฐพล ใจจริง.
Source: Stand News #Oct21
https://www.facebook.com/710476795704610/posts/3572825712803023/
#WhatisHappeninginThailand #StandWithThailand #AcademicFreedom #FreeSpeech #Telegram
Dissertation from New Zealand Scholar, Revealing the Access of China to Sensitive Technology, Suppressed by Institution Along with an Investigation
A New Zealand academic, who studies China issues, published a paper earlier, exposing China's infiltration and the use of New Zealand academic institutions to gain access to sensitive military technology. However, she is suppressed by the university where she teaches, prompting concern in Australia that China is threatening international academic freedom.
Anne-Marie Brady, a professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Canterbury, and a researcher at the Wilson Center, a think tank in Washington, first published in July this year in the academic journal Australian Foreign Affairs entitled, "What the Party Believes - Chinese Spy Tactics, and How to Resist". Then, she published another joint research report entitled "Holding a Pen in One Hand, Gripping a Gun in the Other".
Both papers mentioned, some Chinese companies and universities used their relationships with New Zealand academic institutions to steal sensitive technology that could use in the development of military technology. Both papers pointed out that the Chinese Communist Party used the merging of military and private institutions to expand the defense industry sector and enable technological advances.
Nevertheless, after the publication of the article, she was under suppression with a university internal investigation. Ian Wright, the vice-chancellor of the University of Canterbury, said the papers contained "wrong factual information and misleading inferences", and that the Wilson Centre had submitted the articles to the New Zealand parliament.
The attorney of Brady, Stephen Franks, bluntly dismissed the incident as absurd, and the university had even decided to refer Brady for disciplinary investigation because they did not like the results of her research. He added, “We are concerned that Brady may lose his teaching position.” Richard McGregor, a senior fellow at the Lowy Institute, also supported her, believing Brady "is a fearless and independent scholar on Chinese-related topics", resulting in "inevitably expose some unpalatable truths".
Source: Apple Daily #Oct19
#NewZealand #China #Australia #CanterburyUni #AnneMarieBrady #AcademicFreedom #CCP #SensativeTechnology #ChinaPoliticalInfluence
A New Zealand academic, who studies China issues, published a paper earlier, exposing China's infiltration and the use of New Zealand academic institutions to gain access to sensitive military technology. However, she is suppressed by the university where she teaches, prompting concern in Australia that China is threatening international academic freedom.
Anne-Marie Brady, a professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Canterbury, and a researcher at the Wilson Center, a think tank in Washington, first published in July this year in the academic journal Australian Foreign Affairs entitled, "What the Party Believes - Chinese Spy Tactics, and How to Resist". Then, she published another joint research report entitled "Holding a Pen in One Hand, Gripping a Gun in the Other".
Both papers mentioned, some Chinese companies and universities used their relationships with New Zealand academic institutions to steal sensitive technology that could use in the development of military technology. Both papers pointed out that the Chinese Communist Party used the merging of military and private institutions to expand the defense industry sector and enable technological advances.
Nevertheless, after the publication of the article, she was under suppression with a university internal investigation. Ian Wright, the vice-chancellor of the University of Canterbury, said the papers contained "wrong factual information and misleading inferences", and that the Wilson Centre had submitted the articles to the New Zealand parliament.
The attorney of Brady, Stephen Franks, bluntly dismissed the incident as absurd, and the university had even decided to refer Brady for disciplinary investigation because they did not like the results of her research. He added, “We are concerned that Brady may lose his teaching position.” Richard McGregor, a senior fellow at the Lowy Institute, also supported her, believing Brady "is a fearless and independent scholar on Chinese-related topics", resulting in "inevitably expose some unpalatable truths".
Source: Apple Daily #Oct19
#NewZealand #China #Australia #CanterburyUni #AnneMarieBrady #AcademicFreedom #CCP #SensativeTechnology #ChinaPoliticalInfluence
#Mainlandization #Sinicization
#Poll: 64% Respondents Consider #HKU's Appointment of Mainland Professors as Vice-Presidents as Against Principle of Fairness
The governing council of the University of Hong Kong (#HKU) appointed two professors from mainland China, Max Shen Zuojan and Gong Peng, as vice-presidents. Shen is suspected to be a Communist Party member but the council clarified that the allegations are found to be unsubstantiated.
The Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (#PORI) has interviewed 5,767 Hong Kong citizens in November 2020. The survey asked the question: 'The University of Hong Kong recently appointed two scholars from Tsinghua University, Max Shen and Peng Gong, as Vice-Presidents. How much do you consider the appointment to comply with, or not comply with, the principle of fairness?'.
89% of the pro-democracy respondents said the appointment did not comply with the principle of fairness. A total of 64% of respondents, pro-democracy or otherwise, considered the appointment 'not quite comply', ' very much not comply' and 'entirely not comply' with the principle.
Dr. Chan King-ming, associate professor at the School of Life Sciences of Chinese University of Hong Kong (#CUHK) and the former chairman of the Teacher's Association of CUHK, said that this appointment clearly shows the mainlandization and Sinicization of HKU.
Chan added that when he was the union chief a few years ago, a number of his colleagues at CUHK complained the use of Mandarin during meetings, 'it is now mainlandization, not globalization.'
Chan mentioned that since many mainland Chinese scholars had returned to China from the US, Hong Kong had become one of their preferred destinations. He worried that these scholars are being intentionally installed in different universities and organizations in Hong Kong. He added that HKU's appointment this time was related to the earlier change in the governance structure, such as the direct interventions occurring in the governing council and the Court. Such things had actually happened 15 years ago at the university.'
Chan also criticized that this appointment had already posed threats to academic freedom and institutional autonomy, and noted that the issue of resource allocation was involved here as a number of scholars had been invited to work in mainland China, especially the Greater Bay Area.
Regarding the National Security Law, Chan remarked that chilling effect had already been brought by the reporting hotline set up by the Police's National Security Department, and 'Cultural Revolution 2.0' had come. Some students had begun self-censoring as they changed the names of their online accounts.
Source: InMedia #Nov6
https://bit.ly/34ZHErD
#AcademicFreedom #University #Academia #CCPControl #CulturalRevolution
#Poll: 64% Respondents Consider #HKU's Appointment of Mainland Professors as Vice-Presidents as Against Principle of Fairness
The governing council of the University of Hong Kong (#HKU) appointed two professors from mainland China, Max Shen Zuojan and Gong Peng, as vice-presidents. Shen is suspected to be a Communist Party member but the council clarified that the allegations are found to be unsubstantiated.
The Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (#PORI) has interviewed 5,767 Hong Kong citizens in November 2020. The survey asked the question: 'The University of Hong Kong recently appointed two scholars from Tsinghua University, Max Shen and Peng Gong, as Vice-Presidents. How much do you consider the appointment to comply with, or not comply with, the principle of fairness?'.
89% of the pro-democracy respondents said the appointment did not comply with the principle of fairness. A total of 64% of respondents, pro-democracy or otherwise, considered the appointment 'not quite comply', ' very much not comply' and 'entirely not comply' with the principle.
Dr. Chan King-ming, associate professor at the School of Life Sciences of Chinese University of Hong Kong (#CUHK) and the former chairman of the Teacher's Association of CUHK, said that this appointment clearly shows the mainlandization and Sinicization of HKU.
Chan added that when he was the union chief a few years ago, a number of his colleagues at CUHK complained the use of Mandarin during meetings, 'it is now mainlandization, not globalization.'
Chan mentioned that since many mainland Chinese scholars had returned to China from the US, Hong Kong had become one of their preferred destinations. He worried that these scholars are being intentionally installed in different universities and organizations in Hong Kong. He added that HKU's appointment this time was related to the earlier change in the governance structure, such as the direct interventions occurring in the governing council and the Court. Such things had actually happened 15 years ago at the university.'
Chan also criticized that this appointment had already posed threats to academic freedom and institutional autonomy, and noted that the issue of resource allocation was involved here as a number of scholars had been invited to work in mainland China, especially the Greater Bay Area.
Regarding the National Security Law, Chan remarked that chilling effect had already been brought by the reporting hotline set up by the Police's National Security Department, and 'Cultural Revolution 2.0' had come. Some students had begun self-censoring as they changed the names of their online accounts.
Source: InMedia #Nov6
https://bit.ly/34ZHErD
#AcademicFreedom #University #Academia #CCPControl #CulturalRevolution
#AcademicFreedom
Cultural Revolution 2.0: China-run Newspapers Slam HKUST Professor for Breaching National Security Law
Source: Stand News #Nov20
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Source: Stand News #Nov20
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Cultural Revolution 2.0: China-run Newspapers Slam HKUST Professor for Breaching National Security Law
The Education Sector and academia in Hong Kong have been targeted by the pro-Beijing forces and Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) mouthpiece.
The CCP-loyal Wen Wei Po and Tai Kung Pao have published a series of reports which slammed Dr. Lee Ching-kwan, a professor of sociology at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (#HKUST), for her speech delivered in an online forum held by Hong Kong Democracy Council (#HKDC) in May 2020.
The CCP-owned newspaper accused Lee of "advocating Hong Kong Independence" and "violating the national security law".
Organizedby HKDC on May 26, the discussion topic of the forum was: "Is this the end of the 'One Country Two Systems'?".
The speakers included the former leaders of now-disbanded Demosistō Nathan Law Kwun-chung and Joshua Wong Chi-fung, as well as Benny Tai Yiu-ting, who is a former law professor of the University of Hong Kong (#HKU).
The video of the online forum was deleted on the Facebook page of the HKDC. According to the video spread by the Beijing-loyal presses, Lee said in English, "I think it helps not to think Hong Kong as a Chinese city. We don't belong to China...I don't think. We belong to the world."
Lee Ching-kwan was the Dr. Chung Sze-yuen Professor of Social Science at HKUST and the sociology professor of University of California, Los Angeles.
Source: Stand News #Nov20
#Censorship #Academia #UCLA #Professor #LeeChingKwan #CulturalRevolution
Cultural Revolution 2.0: China-run Newspapers Slam HKUST Professor for Breaching National Security Law
The Education Sector and academia in Hong Kong have been targeted by the pro-Beijing forces and Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) mouthpiece.
The CCP-loyal Wen Wei Po and Tai Kung Pao have published a series of reports which slammed Dr. Lee Ching-kwan, a professor of sociology at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (#HKUST), for her speech delivered in an online forum held by Hong Kong Democracy Council (#HKDC) in May 2020.
The CCP-owned newspaper accused Lee of "advocating Hong Kong Independence" and "violating the national security law".
Organizedby HKDC on May 26, the discussion topic of the forum was: "Is this the end of the 'One Country Two Systems'?".
The speakers included the former leaders of now-disbanded Demosistō Nathan Law Kwun-chung and Joshua Wong Chi-fung, as well as Benny Tai Yiu-ting, who is a former law professor of the University of Hong Kong (#HKU).
The video of the online forum was deleted on the Facebook page of the HKDC. According to the video spread by the Beijing-loyal presses, Lee said in English, "I think it helps not to think Hong Kong as a Chinese city. We don't belong to China...I don't think. We belong to the world."
Lee Ching-kwan was the Dr. Chung Sze-yuen Professor of Social Science at HKUST and the sociology professor of University of California, Los Angeles.
Source: Stand News #Nov20
#Censorship #Academia #UCLA #Professor #LeeChingKwan #CulturalRevolution
Australian Media Said a WeChat Group Organised to Complain University Staff, Suppressing on Giving a Higher Score
Australia is the first choice for many Chinese students studying abroad. The Australian discovered that a local WeChat group initiated an organised petition to complain about individual staff, intending to obtain a better academic result through suppression. The media then found out that the same group uses the same method to target lecturers and researchers who have ever criticised China.
According to The Australian, Sydney International Student Help Group, the WeChat group, claimed that they could overthrow the unsatisfied exam results or assignment grades at the advertisement in the chats and on the local Chinese websites. The media once pointed out that some lecturers at universities lowered the grade boundaries for students who have limited English proficiency, or else, they would receive complaints from hundreds of students. At the time, some affected students speculated that there might have other people helping students to organise and to write the complaint letter.
The group administrators are named “Chairperson” or “Senior” with unknown identities. After the investigation by The Australian, “Monkey King”, a migration and studying abroad agency, may take control of the group admin. The Australian therefore enquired Monkey King, but the spokesperson Katie Howe refused to comment on this issue. Nevertheless, the representative lawyer of one of the shareholders, Chenrul Dong, said that the company did use the group for service promotion, but do not have the permission to control the group. Apart from institutions, the company website also shows the corporation relationship with Chinese organisations, such as NetEase and Today Media Group.
#China #Australia #AcademicFreedom #Suppression #TheAustralian #MonkeyKing #WeChat
Source: Stand News #Nov19
https://bit.ly/3mmcroH
Australia is the first choice for many Chinese students studying abroad. The Australian discovered that a local WeChat group initiated an organised petition to complain about individual staff, intending to obtain a better academic result through suppression. The media then found out that the same group uses the same method to target lecturers and researchers who have ever criticised China.
According to The Australian, Sydney International Student Help Group, the WeChat group, claimed that they could overthrow the unsatisfied exam results or assignment grades at the advertisement in the chats and on the local Chinese websites. The media once pointed out that some lecturers at universities lowered the grade boundaries for students who have limited English proficiency, or else, they would receive complaints from hundreds of students. At the time, some affected students speculated that there might have other people helping students to organise and to write the complaint letter.
The group administrators are named “Chairperson” or “Senior” with unknown identities. After the investigation by The Australian, “Monkey King”, a migration and studying abroad agency, may take control of the group admin. The Australian therefore enquired Monkey King, but the spokesperson Katie Howe refused to comment on this issue. Nevertheless, the representative lawyer of one of the shareholders, Chenrul Dong, said that the company did use the group for service promotion, but do not have the permission to control the group. Apart from institutions, the company website also shows the corporation relationship with Chinese organisations, such as NetEase and Today Media Group.
#China #Australia #AcademicFreedom #Suppression #TheAustralian #MonkeyKing #WeChat
Source: Stand News #Nov19
https://bit.ly/3mmcroH
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#HKU Denies Contract Renewal for Renowned & Outspoken Hepatologist
At the University of Hong Kong (HKU), the Faculty of Medicine's Professor of Medicine and Hepatology, Lai Ching-lung, rejected from renewing his contract.
This decision of the University management will possibly lead to the departure of Lai as early as in June 2021.
It was reported that the HKU's Faculty of Medicine had already recommended Lai to have his contract renewed, but the recommendation was not taken by the University Selection and Promotion Committee.
The 72 year-old professor is socially conscious, and had participated in a sit-in during the 2019 anti-ELAB movement wearing a black mask, holding a slogan condemning the police for "obscuring the truth".
In 2020, at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, Lai also appeared at the rally for healthcare professionals fighting to lock Hong Kong's borders with China.
Source: Apple Daily, #Mar2
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20210302/X7FFHG4DWBCCVL4MZEU5U4FNFQ/
#LaiChingLung #Scholar #AcademicFreedom #FreeSpeech
#HKU Denies Contract Renewal for Renowned & Outspoken Hepatologist
At the University of Hong Kong (HKU), the Faculty of Medicine's Professor of Medicine and Hepatology, Lai Ching-lung, rejected from renewing his contract.
This decision of the University management will possibly lead to the departure of Lai as early as in June 2021.
It was reported that the HKU's Faculty of Medicine had already recommended Lai to have his contract renewed, but the recommendation was not taken by the University Selection and Promotion Committee.
The 72 year-old professor is socially conscious, and had participated in a sit-in during the 2019 anti-ELAB movement wearing a black mask, holding a slogan condemning the police for "obscuring the truth".
In 2020, at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, Lai also appeared at the rally for healthcare professionals fighting to lock Hong Kong's borders with China.
Source: Apple Daily, #Mar2
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20210302/X7FFHG4DWBCCVL4MZEU5U4FNFQ/
#LaiChingLung #Scholar #AcademicFreedom #FreeSpeech
#AcademicFreedom #PublicOpinion
Data Storage Reduced To 3 Months: HK Academics Promise to Stand Their Ground In Representing Public Opinion
Source: In Media HK #April1
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Data Storage Reduced To 3 Months: HK Academics Promise to Stand Their Ground In Representing Public Opinion
Source: In Media HK #April1
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Data Storage Reduced To 3 Months: HK Academics Promise to Stand Their Ground In Representing Public Opinion
The Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (#HKPORI) was investigated by the Hong Kong police force in early 2021 because of its involvement in the democratic primary election case.
Dr. Robert Chung Ting-yiu, President and Chief Executive Officer at the HKPORI, said on April 1, 2021 that he would continue to uphold the spirit of science and democracy in conducting opinion polls.
With concern for the privacy of the respondents, he decided to shorten the storage period of the research data from 6 months to 3 months.
Chung said that even though the environment in Hong Kong is getting harsher HKPORI will hold fast to their post, "If we were to give up, it would be like asking the Hong Kong people to give up.”
Dr. Chung Kim Wah, Deputy executive director of the HKPORI, expressed that the research institute will continue to uphold the scientific spirit, while sparing no efforts in handling online opinions and constructive criticism. He also said that he used to have hope for the "one country, two systems" when he was in university, and never thought Hong Kong would become what it is today, “If people in power abuse the law, they may even accuse those who participate in international public opinion research organization of colluding with foreign forces.”
He also reminded the Hong Kong people to “Stand fast to your own post and face the situation openly”. He emphasized that HKPORI will continue to work with different organizations to represent the public’s view and opinion on social policies, “so as not to bring the civil society to its knees”.
Source: In Media HK #April1
https://bit.ly/2Poq8Zc
#Academics #CivilSociety #Poll #DataStorage #PoliceState #PoliticalSuppression
Data Storage Reduced To 3 Months: HK Academics Promise to Stand Their Ground In Representing Public Opinion
The Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (#HKPORI) was investigated by the Hong Kong police force in early 2021 because of its involvement in the democratic primary election case.
Dr. Robert Chung Ting-yiu, President and Chief Executive Officer at the HKPORI, said on April 1, 2021 that he would continue to uphold the spirit of science and democracy in conducting opinion polls.
With concern for the privacy of the respondents, he decided to shorten the storage period of the research data from 6 months to 3 months.
Chung said that even though the environment in Hong Kong is getting harsher HKPORI will hold fast to their post, "If we were to give up, it would be like asking the Hong Kong people to give up.”
Dr. Chung Kim Wah, Deputy executive director of the HKPORI, expressed that the research institute will continue to uphold the scientific spirit, while sparing no efforts in handling online opinions and constructive criticism. He also said that he used to have hope for the "one country, two systems" when he was in university, and never thought Hong Kong would become what it is today, “If people in power abuse the law, they may even accuse those who participate in international public opinion research organization of colluding with foreign forces.”
He also reminded the Hong Kong people to “Stand fast to your own post and face the situation openly”. He emphasized that HKPORI will continue to work with different organizations to represent the public’s view and opinion on social policies, “so as not to bring the civil society to its knees”.
Source: In Media HK #April1
https://bit.ly/2Poq8Zc
#Academics #CivilSociety #Poll #DataStorage #PoliceState #PoliticalSuppression
Hong Kong academic freedom index has fallen to the lowest since 2010, from A status to D status, and even lower than Russia, Vietnam, and Cambodia.
#AcademicFreedom #HigherEducation #HKUniversities #GoHKgraphics
#AcademicFreedom #HigherEducation #HKUniversities #GoHKgraphics
#Education #AcademicFreedom
University of Chicago received complaint for inviting #NathanLaw to participate in school event and "hurting its Chinese students"
Source: Stand News #May24
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University of Chicago received complaint for inviting #NathanLaw to participate in school event and "hurting its Chinese students"
Source: Stand News #May24
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University of Chicago received complaint for inviting Nathan Law to participate in school event and "hurting its Chinese students"
Exiled former Hong Kong lawmaker Nathan Law was invited to participate as a guest in an event held at the Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago for 4 weeks.
After the event, Law revealed on social media that the University actually received a letter of objection from the Chinese Students and Scholars Association.
According to the letter, the invitation has "hurt the feelings of Chinese students of the school" and a lot of them regret their college choice. The letter also discouraged new students to choose the University of Chicago, and urged the University to face up to their demand.
Source: Stand News #May24
#UniversityofChicago #ChineseStudents
https://bit.ly/3ppNfA8
University of Chicago received complaint for inviting Nathan Law to participate in school event and "hurting its Chinese students"
Exiled former Hong Kong lawmaker Nathan Law was invited to participate as a guest in an event held at the Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago for 4 weeks.
After the event, Law revealed on social media that the University actually received a letter of objection from the Chinese Students and Scholars Association.
According to the letter, the invitation has "hurt the feelings of Chinese students of the school" and a lot of them regret their college choice. The letter also discouraged new students to choose the University of Chicago, and urged the University to face up to their demand.
Source: Stand News #May24
#UniversityofChicago #ChineseStudents
https://bit.ly/3ppNfA8
#WhiteTerror #Academia
Hong Kong Professor's Shanghai Lecture Live Stream Cut Off after Allegedly Being Reported to Party Authorities
#FudanUniversity #LingnanUniversity #AcademicFreedom
Source: Stand News; #Sept25
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Hong Kong Professor's Shanghai Lecture Live Stream Cut Off after Allegedly Being Reported to Party Authorities
#FudanUniversity #LingnanUniversity #AcademicFreedom
Source: Stand News; #Sept25
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Hong Kong Professor's Shanghai Lecture Live Stream Cut Off after Allegedly Being Reported to Party Authorities
Professor Xu Zidong of Hong Kong's Lingnan University spoke at a symposium on Chinese literature in Shanghai, when the lecture's live stream was shut down after an attendee allegedly reported his speech to the China's Central Commission for Disciplinary Inspection (CCDI). The actual reason for the shutdown was not known.
Xu is the former Head of Lingnan University's Chinese Department, and attended the symposium in Shanghai's Fudan University as a guest speaker. His talk discussed the three systems of authority portrayed in the 1993 Chinese novel White Deer Plain - "political authority", "clan authority", and "divine authority".
A video clip of the live stream was shared on Weibo, showing the moment it was being shut down. It showed Fudan University Professor Li Nan, the symposium's host, slowly turning the live stream camera away from Xu, who continued his lecture. Li then spoke into the camera: "The disciplinary Inspector came a moment ago, and said we're not allowed to live-stream this lecture. A female student was taking photos earlier, and sent it to the CCDI. The CCDI secretary came to shut us down… Yes, we'll record this with our phones. We'll record it."
The video was shared over 4000 times, until it was ultimately deleted.
#FudanUniversity #LingnanUniversity #AcademicFreedom
Source: Stand News; #Sept25
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/ab%E5%B6%BA%E5%8D%97%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87%E7%B3%BB%E5%89%8D%E7%B3%BB%E4%B8%BB%E4%BB%BB%E5%BE%A9%E6%97%A6%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E8%AB%87%E6%94%BF%E6%AC%8A%E6%97%8F%E6%AC%8A%E7%A5%9E%E6%AC%8A-%E5%82%B3%E9%81%AD%E5%AD%B8%E7%94%9F%E8%88%89%E5%A0%B1%E7%9B%B4%E6%92%AD%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%B7
Professor Xu Zidong of Hong Kong's Lingnan University spoke at a symposium on Chinese literature in Shanghai, when the lecture's live stream was shut down after an attendee allegedly reported his speech to the China's Central Commission for Disciplinary Inspection (CCDI). The actual reason for the shutdown was not known.
Xu is the former Head of Lingnan University's Chinese Department, and attended the symposium in Shanghai's Fudan University as a guest speaker. His talk discussed the three systems of authority portrayed in the 1993 Chinese novel White Deer Plain - "political authority", "clan authority", and "divine authority".
A video clip of the live stream was shared on Weibo, showing the moment it was being shut down. It showed Fudan University Professor Li Nan, the symposium's host, slowly turning the live stream camera away from Xu, who continued his lecture. Li then spoke into the camera: "The disciplinary Inspector came a moment ago, and said we're not allowed to live-stream this lecture. A female student was taking photos earlier, and sent it to the CCDI. The CCDI secretary came to shut us down… Yes, we'll record this with our phones. We'll record it."
The video was shared over 4000 times, until it was ultimately deleted.
#FudanUniversity #LingnanUniversity #AcademicFreedom
Source: Stand News; #Sept25
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/ab%E5%B6%BA%E5%8D%97%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87%E7%B3%BB%E5%89%8D%E7%B3%BB%E4%B8%BB%E4%BB%BB%E5%BE%A9%E6%97%A6%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E8%AB%87%E6%94%BF%E6%AC%8A%E6%97%8F%E6%AC%8A%E7%A5%9E%E6%AC%8A-%E5%82%B3%E9%81%AD%E5%AD%B8%E7%94%9F%E8%88%89%E5%A0%B1%E7%9B%B4%E6%92%AD%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%B7
Chinese Students Shocked Watching HKU's Removal of Pillar of Shame, Believes in Power of Witnesses
As the University of Hong Kong (#HKU) removed the Pillar of Shame without announcement durinv the night of December 22, 2021, two university students from China nearby until midnight, hoping to bear witness to history.
Wei and Wang (pseudonyms) are fourth-year Social Sciences students in HKU. They grew up in China and were educated in China's school system, only coming to Hong Kong 4 years ago to study in HKU.
They were planning to attend the university's Christmas party that night, they recounted. They were shocked when they received words that the Pillar of Shame was being destroyed, and so they rushed to the site immediately.
They said that the Pillar has great symbolic meaning to both HKU and Hong Kong itself; its removal, in turn, symbolizes the deterioration of freedom in Hong Kong.
"As long as this Pillar remains here, this university still has academic freedom. Now that it's gone, it seems that academic freedom is also gone."
The two felt the great significance of the Pillar as a memorial to the 1989 June 4th Tiananmen Massacre in Beijing. "The Pillar's existence means at least two things: one, that the incident took place; two, that we can discuss it publicly."
Now that the pillar is gone, it seems that June 4th can no longer be discussed in public. However, the two students believe that people's memory of history cannot be erased.
Growing up in China, the two students knew very little about the June 4th massacre, until they had come to Hong Kong. "Many students from China didn't even know about it before they saw the Pillar," Wei said. "After tonight, they might never get a chance at all."
The two came to study in Hong Kong for its freedom. However, after witnessing the political upheaval over the past 4 years, they felt the city is no longer free as it was in the past. They did not want to place blame for its loss. "It’s not Hong Kong to blame," said Wang. "We come to this place for freedom, and we see how people try to defend it, we don’t think Hong Kong or Hong Kong people are to blame."
The two stayed at the scene of the demolished Pillar until midnight, and they conceded that there is not much they could do as students. "But witnesses have power, to participate, to remember the thing," they said.
Source: Citizen News #Dec23
https://www.hkcnews.com/article/49522/國殤之柱-香港大學-內地留學生-49525/內地生震驚國殤之柱被拆-留守至深夜-「見證是有力量」
#June4 #PillarOfShame #JensGalschiøt #Censorship #AcademicFreedom #University
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As the University of Hong Kong (#HKU) removed the Pillar of Shame without announcement durinv the night of December 22, 2021, two university students from China nearby until midnight, hoping to bear witness to history.
Wei and Wang (pseudonyms) are fourth-year Social Sciences students in HKU. They grew up in China and were educated in China's school system, only coming to Hong Kong 4 years ago to study in HKU.
They were planning to attend the university's Christmas party that night, they recounted. They were shocked when they received words that the Pillar of Shame was being destroyed, and so they rushed to the site immediately.
They said that the Pillar has great symbolic meaning to both HKU and Hong Kong itself; its removal, in turn, symbolizes the deterioration of freedom in Hong Kong.
"As long as this Pillar remains here, this university still has academic freedom. Now that it's gone, it seems that academic freedom is also gone."
The two felt the great significance of the Pillar as a memorial to the 1989 June 4th Tiananmen Massacre in Beijing. "The Pillar's existence means at least two things: one, that the incident took place; two, that we can discuss it publicly."
Now that the pillar is gone, it seems that June 4th can no longer be discussed in public. However, the two students believe that people's memory of history cannot be erased.
Growing up in China, the two students knew very little about the June 4th massacre, until they had come to Hong Kong. "Many students from China didn't even know about it before they saw the Pillar," Wei said. "After tonight, they might never get a chance at all."
The two came to study in Hong Kong for its freedom. However, after witnessing the political upheaval over the past 4 years, they felt the city is no longer free as it was in the past. They did not want to place blame for its loss. "It’s not Hong Kong to blame," said Wang. "We come to this place for freedom, and we see how people try to defend it, we don’t think Hong Kong or Hong Kong people are to blame."
The two stayed at the scene of the demolished Pillar until midnight, and they conceded that there is not much they could do as students. "But witnesses have power, to participate, to remember the thing," they said.
Source: Citizen News #Dec23
https://www.hkcnews.com/article/49522/國殤之柱-香港大學-內地留學生-49525/內地生震驚國殤之柱被拆-留守至深夜-「見證是有力量」
#June4 #PillarOfShame #JensGalschiøt #Censorship #AcademicFreedom #University
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China-owned Media Accuses Taiwanese Scholar of Violating Hong Kong's #NationalSecurityLaw
In an article published on January 6, 2022, Ta Kung Pao, a China-owned newspaper printed in Hong Kong, accused Wu Rwei-ren, a political science scholar affiliated with Academic Sinica in Taiwan of violating Hong Kong's national security law.
The pro-Beijing newspaper made its claim based on an essay Wu wrote in February 2020, before the National Security Law was passed on June 30, 2020. The essay received the Human Rights News Award of the Hong Kong Journalists Association in 2021.
Wu responded that following the crackdown on independent news outlets like Stand News and Citizen News in Hong Kong, Beijing is trying to threaten international scholars who support Hong Kong.
Wu believes that Beijing will not be able to achieve the goal, as its acts have demonstrated the difference between the laws set up by the regime under the Chinese Communist Party and those practiced in democractic countries.
Source: Liberty Times #Jan8
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/3794583
#AcademicSinica #WuRweiRen #Academia #AcademicFreedom #PressFreedom #CCPThreats
China-owned Media Accuses Taiwanese Scholar of Violating Hong Kong's #NationalSecurityLaw
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The pro-Beijing newspaper made its claim based on an essay Wu wrote in February 2020, before the National Security Law was passed on June 30, 2020. The essay received the Human Rights News Award of the Hong Kong Journalists Association in 2021.
Wu responded that following the crackdown on independent news outlets like Stand News and Citizen News in Hong Kong, Beijing is trying to threaten international scholars who support Hong Kong.
Wu believes that Beijing will not be able to achieve the goal, as its acts have demonstrated the difference between the laws set up by the regime under the Chinese Communist Party and those practiced in democractic countries.
Source: Liberty Times #Jan8
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#AcademicSinica #WuRweiRen #Academia #AcademicFreedom #PressFreedom #CCPThreats
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台灣首例！中研院學者吳叡人 遭港媒點名違反國安法 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報
親共港媒《大公報》點名中研院學者吳叡人違反香港《國安法》，指他去年底獲得香港記者協會「人權新聞獎」的評論鼓吹港獨、涉嫌顛覆政體，成台灣第1個被點名觸法的學者，吳叡人表示，此舉除了針對他個人，更是要恐嚇所有國際聲援香港的學者，也把他的評論當工具，要清算主辦獎項的香港記協等組織。《大公報》於1月6日用該報全版版面刊登〈記協無視法紀、煽「獨」撐暴〉的報導，指香港記協、香港外國記者協會（FCC）、以及已經撤出香港的國際特赦組織香港分會舉辦的「人權新聞獎」，其中的獲獎者吳叡人的作品鼓吹港獨卻獲獎，更找來香港退休法…
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Hong Kong denies visa for US human rights law scholar with no apparent reasons
On 2 February, an American legal scholar specialising in LGBTQ rights said he was denied a visa to teach at a Hong Kong university, as concerns deepen about academic freedom in the city.
Legal scholar Ryan Thoreson said he was hired by the University of Hong Kong (#HKU), the city’s oldest, to teach human rights law as a tenure-track assistant professor, but his visa application was rejected.
“(The government) hadn’t given an explanation for it, but it just showed up on the immigration website saying the application had been refused,” Thoreson said.
#RyanThoreson #HumanRights #LGBTQ #Visa
Source: Ming Pao, HKFP; #Feb2
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/%e6%b8%af%e8%81%9e/article/20220202/s00001/1643779715101
Hong Kong denies visa for US human rights law scholar with no apparent reasons
On 2 February, an American legal scholar specialising in LGBTQ rights said he was denied a visa to teach at a Hong Kong university, as concerns deepen about academic freedom in the city.
Legal scholar Ryan Thoreson said he was hired by the University of Hong Kong (#HKU), the city’s oldest, to teach human rights law as a tenure-track assistant professor, but his visa application was rejected.
“(The government) hadn’t given an explanation for it, but it just showed up on the immigration website saying the application had been refused,” Thoreson said.
#RyanThoreson #HumanRights #LGBTQ #Visa
Source: Ming Pao, HKFP; #Feb2
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/%e6%b8%af%e8%81%9e/article/20220202/s00001/1643779715101
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U.S. LGBTQ scholar denied visa to Hong Kong, possibly due to ties with Human Rights Watch
Source: RFI #Feb02
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U.S. LGBTQ scholar denied visa to Hong Kong, possibly due to ties with Human Rights Watch
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U.S. LGBTQ scholar denied visa to Hong Kong, possibly due to ties with Human Rights Watch
U.S. law scholar Ryan Thoreson, who studies the social and legal issues of #LGBTQ, was denied having a teaching visa from the University of Hong Kong (#HKU) as a tenured Assistant Professor. The scholar did not receive any reason for the denial.
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As there was no official explanation, Ryan Thoreson could not say whether it was because of his ties with Hong Kong Watch. "I don't think my studies have special criticisms on China as my main focus is on LGBTQ rights."
RFI said that the incident increased concerns about academic freedom in Hong Kong.
#RyanThoreson #HongKongWatch #AcademicFreedom
Source: RFI #Feb02
https://bit.ly/3GJVdej
U.S. LGBTQ scholar denied visa to Hong Kong, possibly due to ties with Human Rights Watch
U.S. law scholar Ryan Thoreson, who studies the social and legal issues of #LGBTQ, was denied having a teaching visa from the University of Hong Kong (#HKU) as a tenured Assistant Professor. The scholar did not receive any reason for the denial.
Read related article
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/32082
As there was no official explanation, Ryan Thoreson could not say whether it was because of his ties with Hong Kong Watch. "I don't think my studies have special criticisms on China as my main focus is on LGBTQ rights."
RFI said that the incident increased concerns about academic freedom in Hong Kong.
#RyanThoreson #HongKongWatch #AcademicFreedom
Source: RFI #Feb02
https://bit.ly/3GJVdej
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Hong Kong denies visa for US human rights law scholar with no apparent reasons
On 2 February, an American legal scholar specialising in LGBTQ rights said he was denied a visa to teach at a Hong Kong university, as concerns…
Hong Kong denies visa for US human rights law scholar with no apparent reasons
On 2 February, an American legal scholar specialising in LGBTQ rights said he was denied a visa to teach at a Hong Kong university, as concerns…