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I Criticized My University’s Ties to the Chinese Gov, Now I Face Expulsion
- tomohawk 6y agoIt's time to expel the Confucius Institute.
- Proven 6y agoThe degree of corruption among academics is unbelievable. (And they seem to be overwhelmingly left-leaning and therefore predisposed to go Commie to begin with.) What a shameless University.
- jayln 6y agoI know this is likely to not reach many on HN, but I have little resources beyond leaving this comment I am genuinely certain that Australia is the largest country that will fall under indirect control of China through our economic dependence on our exports toward them Our primary industries (predominantly coal and iron ore mining) in the late 2000s and early 2010s were utterly dependent on China. More worryingly, our higher education system is UTTERLY dependent on China. Domestic students pay their fees mostly through our HECS system. International students (predominantly Chinese) pay up front and at an increased rate, so higher ups in universities (and related organisations) are obsessed with accommodating as many of these students as possible, their jobs depend on it. If Australia does not address this as soon as possible, I fear for our future. I am posting this through an account I created on TOR, I do not wish to be expelled from the university I currently attend (one of the few in Brisbane other than UQ, which I dropped out of in 2016). I am scared for our future, we do not have a bill of rights, nor any explicit documents defending our rights against foreign influence. This is much more scary as an Australian than you can imagine sitting in The Bay, we are afraid to discuss this on any sites (non-Chinese or not) and even in person. Help us.
- DreamScatter 6y agoUniversity education is becoming irrelevant anyways, when they expel critical thinkers they will only become less relevant.