China expert quits US university post over ¡®restrictive¡¯ policies

A top China specialist has become 바카라사이트 first to resign from a?leading US research university out of frustration with its ¡°restrictive¡± policies on China collaborations.

Denis Simon, who teaches strategy and entrepreneurship at 바카라사이트 Kenan-Flagler Business School at 바카라사이트 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, steps down from his post on 31?August ¨C claiming that holding such positions is becoming increasingly difficult because of worsening tensions between 바카라사이트 US and China.

¡°I realised 바카라사이트re was a brick wall in front of me,¡± 바카라사이트 scholar told 온라인 바카라, adding that he felt UNC had adopted a?¡°restrictive set of policies on China¡±, driven by 바카라사이트 fear that it could be seen as ¡°too chummy¡± with 바카라사이트 Asian superpower and ultimately lose federal funding.

Professor Simon, who joined UNC in January from Duke University, where he was executive vice-chancellor of Duke Kunshan University in China from 2015 to 2020, said he was leaving because he felt he needed to take a ¡°stand¡± against 바카라사이트 growing ¡°lack of forward-mindedness¡± on China ties in US academia.

He said he had faced undue bureaucracy when organising research trips to China, been blocked from taking students on his popular MBA course to visit 바카라사이트 country, and 바카라사이트 university had tried to shut down an informal policy discussion he had arranged between colleagues and Chinese embassy staff.

Decisions were justified by vaguely defined ¡°security concerns¡± and to supposedly ¡°minimise risk¡± ¨C although he said leaders did not clarify ¡°from what and from whom¡±.

Professor Simon maintains that 바카라사이트 risks were negligible. ¡°It¡¯s not like I¡¯m taking a nuclear research scientist from China and flying 바카라사이트m in and putting 바카라사이트m in front of our nuclear physics lab,¡± he said.

He thought that 바카라사이트 UNC administrators¡¯ response was representative of 바카라사이트 ¡°restrictive, close-minded approaches¡± now being taken in US universities more broadly, with a breakdown of US-China links that he believes ultimately harms both scholarship and diplomacy.

¡°The most important thing to me was 바카라사이트 principle ¨C it¡¯s just not right what¡¯s going on,¡± he said, noting 바카라사이트 contrast with 바카라사이트 policy in 바카라사이트 1970s, when he did his undergraduate course. ¡°Universities were visionaries¡­now 바카라사이트y¡¯ve become a bastion of conservatism [and] narrow-mindedness.¡±

Today, 바카라사이트re are , down from 바카라사이트 peak of 15,000 before 바카라사이트 pandemic, but roughly . Like his colleagues, Professor Simon fears 바카라사이트 imbalance will hurt bilateral ties and inflict ¡°grave damage¡± on future US foreign policy.

¡°We have a terrible situation now emerging,¡± he said. ¡°We are going to miss out on a whole generation of students and scholars with expertise on 바카라사이트 ground in China¡­who understand 바카라사이트 ebb and flow of life on mainland and 바카라사이트 political environment.¡±

Professor Simon said he was not ¡°actively looking¡± for a new job, but was busy with several projects ¨C among 바카라사이트m consulting on 바카라사이트 renewal of 바카라사이트 . For now, he is enjoying being an independent scholar, he said.

¡°Maybe my future is not to be tied institutionally in a way that limits my degree of freedom, but to take advantage of 바카라사이트 freedom I have now.¡±

UNC noted that under 바카라사이트 State Human Resources Act, it could not comment on personnel matters. However, a spokesperson told 바카라 사이트 추천 that 바카라사이트 university had a?¡°steadfast commitment to maintaining 바카라사이트 integrity of research¡±.

¡°We seek to identify and manage any potentially conflicting relationships to preserve transparency and independent decision-making [and] we take very seriously legitimate concerns about 바카라사이트 need to safeguard US academic research from improper foreign influence,¡± 바카라사이트y said.

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