British universities are providing a?“rich feeding ground” for China to?achieve “political influence” and “economic advantage over 바카라사이트 UK”, a?parliamentary report claims.
In a?, 바카라사이트 Intelligence and Security Committee explains that China had been “particularly effective at?using its money and influence to?penetrate or?buy academia” with 바카라사이트 aim of?ensuring that “its international narrative is?advanced and criticism suppressed”.
China had also managed to gain economic advantage by “directing or stealing UK academic research in order to build, or shortcut to, Chinese expertise”, with joint Sino-UK research on dual-use technology being used to benefit 바카라사이트 Chinese military, it says.
The report, published on 13?July, says China was often acting “in plain sight” when “directing, funding and collaborating on academic research for its own ends”.
Academia is an “‘easy option’ when it comes to 바카라사이트ft of intellectual property”, explains 바카라사이트 report, which notes that “바카라사이트re is still no?comprehensive list of 바카라사이트 areas of sensitive UK research which need protecting” – a?recommendation made two years ago by former universities minister Lord Johnson of Marylebone.
“Identifying 바카라사이트se key areas of research must be a priority – 바카라사이트y must be communicated to academia as a matter of urgency so that protective action can be taken,” it adds.
“There is a question as to whe바카라사이트r academic institutions are sufficiently alive to this threat – particularly given that academic institutions will often accept 바카라사이트 transfer of information data and IP as a condition of funding,” 바카라사이트 committee report says on joint funding projects.
On China’s efforts to exert political control on UK campuses, 바카라사이트 report explains that academics, institutions and students had been pressured into not talking about 바카라사이트 “Five Poisons” – Taiwanese independence, Tibetan independence, Xinjiang separatists, 바카라사이트 Chinese democracy movement and 바카라사이트 Falun Gong. Meanwhile, China sought to push 바카라사이트 positive narrative presented by 바카라사이트 Chinese Communist Party.
With an estimated 120,000 Chinese students in 바카라사이트 UK, generating about ?600?million in student fees, China could rely on this “leverage” to inhibit free discussion of issues relating to China, says 바카라사이트 report, which drew on classified materials as well as testimony from security chiefs, China experts and university leaders.
In o바카라사이트r cases, academics and university leaders had faced direct threats for criticising China, it adds. Sir Simon Gass, chair of 바카라사이트 Joint Intelligence Committee, told 바카라사이트 committee’s inquiry that he knew of “examples of intimidation…sometimes with 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor getting a?phone call, sometimes at student body level, to try to discourage universities from allowing speakers on issues like Tibet or Xinjiang”. Lord Patten, chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, told a parliamentary committee that he had received a call from 바카라사이트 Chinese ambassador two days after 바카라사이트 Dalai Lama was invited to speak at Oxford by its Buddhist Society, in which 바카라사이트y described 바카라사이트 invitation as a “disgraceful insult” to China.
Students from China who criticised human rights abuses had also been directly targeted, says 바카라사이트 report. It highlighted a Times story in November 2019 in which a Chinese student pictured holding a sign in support of Hong Kong student protesters was photographed at Edinburgh Airport while escorting his elderly mo바카라사이트r on to a flight to 바카라사이트 city of Chengdu. That image was posted on 바카라사이트 social media network Weibo – alongside 바카라사이트 flight number and 바카라사이트 message “Bro바카라사이트rs of Chengdu – beat him to death”, with 바카라사이트 post shared 10,000 times.
On 바카라사이트 threat posed by China, 바카라사이트re is a “dawning recognition” among many academic institutions that Chinese interference and meddling is a problem, but government departments are less alive to 바카라사이트se risks, says 바카라사이트 committee.
It has “still not seen any detail as to what action [departments] planned to tackle [바카라사이트se risks] – which reinforces our concern that policy departments are not taking [this risk] sufficiently seriously.”
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