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Chinese Nationalism Jostles with Academic Freedom in Australia
- Simulacra 9y agoWhat is academic freedom? I think this is a question everyone has gotten away from, especially in western countries. The fear of offending, or making someone/group uncomfortable, has silenced a lot of fact, critical thought, debate, and education. The first example in the article "Chinese officials are truthful only when careless or drunk." That's incendiary and presumptuous. But to say that China is a communist one-party country, and Taiwan, is a free and independent country, is another, however both have incited rebuke from Chinese students in Australia, despite being 100% fact.