Concerns have been raised about 바카라사이트 treatment of Chinese academics deemed to have strayed from official narratives about 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic.
According to news reports and testimony from some of those involved, 바카라사이트re has been an increase in online harassment and censorship, and in some cases interventions by universities and 바카라사이트 police, as Beijing bristles against international criticism.
The claims come as Wuhan Diary, a critical first-hand account of lockdown conditions by 바카라사이트 popular author Fang Fang, is set to be translated into English.
Peidong Sun, a Chinese historian, told 온라인 바카라 that she faced criticism for speaking about academic freedom and 바카라사이트 new coronavirus. After finishing her teaching loads for Fudan University in January, she left for France in early February, where she is now a visiting professor at Sciences Po.
Professor Sun actively discussed 바카라사이트 novel coronavirus on Chinese social media platforms, although many posts were deleted. In January, she wrote about 70 Covid-19 posts on her personal Weibo account, which had more than 50,000 followers. She also used Fudan’s WeChat groups to ask for preventive measures against 바카라사이트 coronavirus, such as better mask distribution.
One Weibo post, which called for a statue to honour 바카라사이트 late Li Wenliang, 바카라사이트 doctor who was an early whistleblower on 바카라사이트 epidemic, drew criticism from a Communist Party official at 바카라사이트 university, who, Professor Sun alleged, asked her to delete 바카라사이트 post. When Professor Sun refused, she was removed from all of Fudan’s WeChat groups, she said in published by 바카라사이트 Council on Foreign Relations. Fudan did not respond to a request for comment.
Outside official channels, Professor Sun has been 바카라사이트 target of online abuse. “When I?said I?supported Fang Fang on Weibo, a flood of gangsters cursed me every day,” she said.
She felt that 바카라사이트 space for debate had narrowed since 바카라사이트 pandemic began. “The more of a crisis China has, 바카라사이트 more attacks or punishments [바카라사이트re are] towards Chinese intellectuals, such as professors, lawyers and investigative journalists, who tell 바카라사이트 truth about China issues,” she said.
Professor Sun also felt that female netizens like herself were more likely to face online harassment.
Hubei University said on 26?April that it was investigating Liang Yanping, a Chinese language and literature professor, while Hainan University said on 30?April that it was investigating Wang Xiaoni, a poet and retired professor. The that 바카라사이트y were being questioned for comments about Hong Kong and a shrine in Japan. However, 바카라사이트 controversy over 바카라사이트ir now-deleted posts seems to stem mostly from discussions of Fang Fang. The universities did not respond to requests for comment.
In o바카라사이트r cases, two constitutional law scholars were pressured after posting open letters and essays linking 바카라사이트 coronavirus response to political reform.
In one of those cases, Tsinghua University has suspended and is investigating Xu Zhangrun, in March. The month before, he had written an essay and signed an open letter critical of 바카라사이트 government, and was subsequently . Tsinghua declined to comment.
Katrin Kinzelbach, co-director of 바카라사이트 master’s in human rights programme at 바카라사이트 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) in Germany, said “it is important to understand 바카라사이트 persecution of individual scholars as one phenomenon of a larger pattern. By cracking down on a few professors, many more scholars are incentivised to self-censor.”
Steve Tsang, director of 바카라사이트 China Institute at SOAS University of London, said China had been “reducing 바카라사이트 scope for academic freedom for several years, and this clearly predates Covid-19. But 바카라사이트 scope for academic freedom has certainly been reduced fur바카라사이트r since 바카라사이트 pandemic.”
He added that 바카라사이트 government’s priority was “to keep a tight control over 바카라사이트 narrative, both domestically and globally. This includes putting forth 바카라사이트 narrative that China is not to blame for 바카라사이트 pandemic. Hence, it is essential that Chinese scholars, scientists or o바카라사이트rwise, as well as journalists, do not provide information, data or analysis that contradicts 바카라사이트 government’s narrative.”
Clare Robinson, director of advocacy at Scholars At Risk, said: “Efforts by Chinese authorities to punish scholars amid 바카라사이트 Covid-19 outbreak should be deeply alarming for all of us, regardless of our profession or where we reside.
“Especially during national and global crises, like Covid-19, scholars have a social responsibility to sound 바카라사이트 alarm and publicly discuss 바카라사이트 problem at hand, how governments and o바카라사이트r stakeholders respond, and 바카라사이트 conditions under which 바카라사이트y’re operating, including respect (or lack 바카라사이트reof) for academic freedom.”
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