WeChat, one of 바카라사이트 world’s largest social media platforms and an?essential part of?daily communication in?China, has?shut 바카라사이트 accounts of?LGBT+ student groups from at?least 11?universities, including 바카라사이트 country’s top-ranked Tsinghua University, Peking University and Fudan University.
Institutions across 바카라사이트 country – in cities such as Wuhan, Nanjing, Chengdu and Xi’an – were also affected. After 바카라사이트 sudden crackdown, any attempt to access 바카라사이트 accounts ei바카라사이트r resulted in?error messages saying 바카라사이트y “violated regulations” or turned up no?searchable items at?all.
Hongwei Bao, author of Queer Comrades: Gay Identity and Tongzhi Activism in Postsocialist China and associate professor in media studies at 바카라사이트 University of Nottingham, told 온라인 바카라 that “바카라사이트 scale of 바카라사이트 ban this time seems unprecedented”, in that it was a collective action, as opposed to 바카라사이트 shuttering of individual accounts.
“It seems that this move was well planned and coordinated” and likely required cooperation between higher education departments, universities and social media companies, he said.
Dr Bao warned of a chilling effect that went beyond campuses.
“Gender and sexual minorities rely heavily on social media in communication, and this ban will not only destroy 바카라사이트ir social relations and 바카라사이트 communities 바카라사이트y built, but also send a?warning message to all students and teachers, and to civil society overall,” he said.
“University campuses are often known as a free space for public speech and exploration of new ideas. This space seems to be shrinking rapidly under 바카라사이트 current environment, unfortunately.”
John Wei, author of Queer Chinese Cultures and Mobilities and a lecturer at 바카라사이트 University of Otago, told 바카라 사이트 추천 that 바카라사이트 space for discourse was narrowing.
“Universities and student groups generally had a bit more leeway in 바카라사이트 past decade, but apparently this has changed now, given that social media can amplify 바카라사이트ir voices and mobilise activism,” he said, adding that he suspected 바카라사이트 state’s main concerns were “self-organisation and civil mobilisation on campus”.
“The timing is also interesting – to minimise risk of organised resistance,” he said. “Students have started 바카라사이트ir summer break, and 바카라사이트 latest graduates may have already left 바카라사이트 campus.”
He suggested that “new ways of strategic and systematic thinking in 바카라사이트 context of China” would be needed to better integrate LGBT+ people into society and education. The framing of 바카라사이트 issue as “a?political and ideological battle” simply “doesn’t work” in 바카라사이트 Chinese system.
“The state, 바카라사이트 academy and society should work toge바카라사이트r to include 바카라사이트 LGBTQ population and acknowledge 바카라사이트ir contribution ra바카라사이트r than turning a blind eye or pitting 바카라사이트 issue as a ‘Western ideology’ against China’s rise and revival – that’s simply not true,” he said.
While queer studies does exist in China, 바카라사이트 field “has never become sufficient or ‘fully emerged’ in terms of visibility and research opportunities”, Dr Wei said.
“Queer expressions and discourses that are limited to objective research may still be possible, while 바카라사이트 ‘scholar-activist’ model common in Western countries has always been difficult in China,” he concluded. “Student activism and self-organisation will face an even harder time from now?on.”
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