Exclusive: University staff report facing pressure to change teaching and are told that Chinese surveillance is rife
Academics and students of Chinese studies in Britain are being subject to harassment, surveillance and pressure to self-censor as they seek to avoid disruption to funding, a survey of universities by a transparency group has concluded.
The findings by UK-China Transparency coincide with new government guidance stating that universities may be breaching rules by having partnerships with foreign governments that require academic staff to pass ideological tests – for example, by hosting Confucius Institutes.
Academics working on topics that are politically sensitive to the Chinese Communist party (CCP) reported instances of harassment from colleagues and pressure from university administrators related to the financial consequences of damaging relations with China.
That propaganda is so addictive, but once you realize you are a victim your eyes will open.
Admitting you were fooled by your own country’s propaganda is not shameful. Denying it when you know better, is.
What propaganda? Ive been to China, I’ve experienced their “Great Firewall” for myself. The country is a police state just as much as the U.S. is. They have cameras on entrance and exit ramps to their interstates. It is insane how fucking tracked you are everywhere you go.
I don’t need to be told what is and isn’t propaganda because I got to see it for myself.