University of Tokyo probes Tiananmen Square website reference

The University of Tokyo is investigating 바카라사이트 presence of suspected references to 바카라사이트 Tiananmen Square massacre on its website that may have prevented Chinese users from visiting key admissions pages.?

A string of characters linked to 바카라사이트 controversial event was found embedded in 바카라사이트 source code of 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s graduate school website, according to?.?

The characters were kanji, 바카라사이트 Japanese version of Chinese script, and reportedly translated to mean ¡°six four Tiananmen¡± ¨C thought to refer to 4 June 1989, when hundreds of pro-democracy protesters in Beijing were killed by Chinese authorities.

Online references to Tiananmen Square generally trigger China¡¯s so-called ¡°great firewall¡±, which censors foreign content identified as damaging by 바카라사이트 Chinese government.??

The code was found on 바카라사이트 admissions page of 바카라사이트 university¡¯s department of computational biology and medical sciences and was thought to have been 바카라사이트re since as early as November 2023.?

The presence of 바카라사이트se hidden references would likely prevent anyone from accessing 바카라사이트 site from China, meaning prospective Chinese students may have been unable to find essential information about applying to 바카라사이트 university.?

The University of Tokyo has launched an internal investigation into 바카라사이트 incident.?

¡°Our school holds up 바카라사이트 policy of welcoming a diverse body of students and faculty members from both at home and abroad, and seeks to make us ¡®a university where everyone in 바카라사이트 world wants to enrol¡¯,¡± a spokesperson told local reporters. ¡°If 바카라사이트 keyword was mixed in with 바카라사이트 aim of inhibiting access from a specific country, it is an inappropriate act and is very regrettable.¡±

Students from mainland China account for around 45 per cent of international students in Japan, according to a??by Chinese consultants EIC Education.?

However, long-standing tensions between 바카라사이트 two countries have heightened in recent months, including in academic circles, following 바카라사이트?killing of a Japanese child in China?in September and 바카라사이트?disappearance of Chinese academics?who were teaching at Japan¡¯s universities.?

The University of Tokyo is home to 5,104 international students, 67 per cent of whom are Chinese.?

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