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Fearing Hong Kong’s National Security Law, Oxford Students Now Submitting Work Anonymously

Students from Oxford who have enrolled in courses related to China have been asked to submit their work anonymously. The decision is in response to China imposing its National Security Law in Hong Kong and aims to protect the students from any backlash from Beijing should their work highlight the negatives of the communist regime. ...

October 14, 2020

Nspirement Staff

HRW Says Chinese Communist Threat to Academic Freedom Worldwide

In its latest report on China, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the communist government of being a danger to academic freedom, not just domestically, but all across the world. The report comes on the back of a global crackdown on China-funded Confucius Institutes that many intelligence agencies believe to be a security threat. A ...

April 4, 2019

Nspirement Staff