The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is distorting the UK’s China studies system with widespread influence, interference, and harassment, a survey found.
In a report published Aug. 3, London-based charity UK-China Transparency (UKCT) said it found strong evidence that CCP influence in British universities is “shaping careers and disincentivising certain research and other activity that might be negatively received by the CCP.”
The CCP’s actions include denying scholars’ visa applications, harassing their family members in China, surveillance and intimidation in the UK, and leveraging universities’ dependency on tuition payments from Chinese students, according to survey respondents.
In some cases, university administrators and management are said to be reinforcing the CCP’s distortion of China studies in the UK under real or perceived pressure from the CCP. And scholars reported self-censorship to maintain access to China, avoid conflicts in class, keep funding for their research, protect themselves, or protect family members or colleagues in China….
Chinese Academic Repression Distorts the UK’s China Studies, Survey Finds
