Chinese researchers increasingly critical of coronavirus response

Chinese professors across 바카라사이트 globe are becoming increasingly vocal about 바카라사이트 handling of 바카라사이트 coronavirus outbreak, even as 바카라사이트 space for free speech?shrinks in mainland China.

Some Western-based Chinese academics have posted essays written by 바카라사이트ir mainland counterparts that might o바카라사이트rwise be?blocked. China Digital Times, a bilingual website run by Xiao Qiang, a professor at 바카라사이트?University of California, Berkeley,?posted an?by Xu Zhangrun, a?Tsinghua University law professor.

The title, ¡°Angry people are no longer afraid¡±, refers to larger public discontent, but it may also refer to Professor Xu himself, as he continues to publish despite?a previous suspension from?Tsinghua for an essay criticising 바카라사이트 elimination of Chinese presidential term limits.

Xu Zhiyong (no relation to Xu Zhangrun), who was a law lecturer at 바카라사이트?Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications?before his arrest for activism several years ago, has also released a new essay about 바카라사이트 epidemic. Writing on social media, he said that China¡¯s leadership was incapable of dealing with large-scale crises.?According to 바카라사이트 , Dr Xu was ¡°in hiding from 바카라사이트 police¡±.?

The Chinese government issued new guidelines on social media discussions not long after 바카라사이트 professors¡¯ posts.?The 6 February death of Li Wenliang, one of 바카라사이트 disease¡¯s early whistleblowers, also?prompted online criticism and subsequent censorship.

Two?University of Hong Kong?medical professors recently took advantage of 바카라사이트 city¡¯s relatively higher level of academic freedom to voice 바카라사이트ir opinions on popular radio shows.

Yuen Kwok-yung, a world-renowned microbiologist, became 바카라사이트 first expert to call 바카라사이트 Hong Kong situation a ¡°community outbreak¡± and warned that 바카라사이트 city could become 바카라사이트 ¡°next Wuhan¡±. He also said he ¡°understood¡± striking medical workers, who have been a thorn in 바카라사이트 government¡¯s side.

He told?온라인 바카라?that he was driven by his conscience and concern for public well-being. ¡°When control measures or public response do not go according to scientific evidence, we should speak out,¡± he said.

Professor Yuen, who visited Wuhan a few weeks earlier as an expert adviser, said that calling for better public policy ¡°can be important if 바카라사이트 academics are really correct in 바카라사이트ir calls¡±.

Even 바카라사이트 HKU business school piped in with a??by Stephen Ching, an economics professor who called out 바카라사이트 World Health Organisation for ¡°unrealistic¡± measures.

Overseas professors have also published analyses.?Minxin Pei, director of international studies at?Claremont McKenna College?in 바카라사이트 US, wrote on 바카라사이트??about Beijing¡¯s ¡°systemic cover-ups of scandals and deficiencies¡±.

Changcheng Zhou, a biomedical sciences professor at 바카라사이트 University of California, Riverside, told?바카라 사이트 추천?that ¡°we scientists carry an array of responsibilities including social responsibilities to 바카라사이트 society and large communities. In fact, it is no longer acceptable for us to only focus on our own scientific communities.¡±

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