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from the context of the article it seems like he's getting his PhD in Chinese studies, and obviously that likely means you will have relations to China, which i
by Barrin92 5y ago
from the context of the article it seems like he's getting his PhD in Chinese studies, and obviously that likely means you will have relations to China, which is what the professor in question was worried about.
It's a little bit like majoring in Iranian studies, insulting the Ayatollah and prophet on Twitter and then being upset when you get barred from the country and people start professionally ditching you. Like, when you pursue an academic career with close ties to a country with a very different political set of values I would assume you understand the kind of diplomatic issues you can run into?
- ramraj07 5y agoHe didn’t study China just some environmental aspects of it. But point still stands.
- rocqua 5y agoHis PhD was about environmental damage in China. That is not something cultural or diplomatic. It does not require close ties with China, though it does help to have access. Nothing here means you shouldn't criticize China. In fact, the premise of the research becomes moot if you cannot criticize China.
- everly 5y agoI think it actually requires both diplomacy and cultural awareness. If you want to study the ‘damage’ that a country is doing, it seems like it would serve you well to avoid ruffling too many feathers so that you can do your work in peace and without being accused of bias.
- Barrin92 5y ago>That is not something cultural or diplomatic it evidently is or else we wouldn't be having this discussion right now. Everything in China is political which everyone knows who has ever interacted with Chinese institutions. (which you probably will if you study environmental damage in China). It's really not that surprising that a professor is not going to associate with someone who posts vaguely racist cartoons to his ten followers on twitter if it costs them their visa. If you really want a career that involves studying aspects of a foreign culture you better learn to navigate the waters or you won't have a career, that's not really a new thing. If you're an archaeologist you probably won't be one for long if you insult the governments that let you access your dig sites, is that really a scandal?
- PicassoCTs 5y agoThe ccp is not china.
- colinmhayes 5y agoI mean it sort of is though. There are no elections in China, the CCP has total control over the government. You can claim that a country isn't defined by its government, but many would disagree.
- ipnon 5y agoThere is so much more to China and the people who come from there than its communism, even though its communism calls the shots. That's sort of how this mess of Cross-Strait relations came about. What is China and what is not is by no means a resolved question. Let's hope for a peaceful resolution.
- thaumasiotes 5y ago> from the context of the article it seems like he's getting his PhD in Chinese studies Huh? This is what the article says: >> His research was in the field of environmental pollution.