By Elizabeth Redden. Leaders of 10 Hong Kong universities issued a statement condemning “recent abuses” of free expression and opposing Hong Kong independence following the display of pro-independence banners and posters on various campuses, the Hong Kong Free Press and South China Morning Post reported. More...
09 octobre 2017
Hong Kong University Heads Condemn ‘Abuses’ of Free Speech
A U.S. University Cuts Itself off From Cuba
By Elizabeth Redden. After meeting with hardline, anti-Castro leaders, University of Miami says it won't enter into institutional agreements with Cuba. But what do faculty members think. More...
Study Abroad and a $41.5 Million Verdict
By Elizabeth Redden. Could finding in favor of a high school student infected by a tick-borne disease on a school trip to China have a chilling effect on other study abroad programs. More...
Cambridge Press Changes Course on Chinese Censorship Request
By Elizabeth Redden. Facing intense criticism for caving to censors, Cambridge University Press restores access to more than 300 journal articles it had blocked in China -- but the problem for publishers isn’t going away. Chinese authorities also try to block articles from another journal. More...
U.S. Reduces Visa Processing in Russia
By Elizabeth Redden. The U.S. Embassy in Russia is suspending all nonimmigrant visa operations beginning Wednesday, Aug. 23, “as a result of the Russian government’s personnel cap imposed on the U.S. mission,” the embassy said. Beginning Sept. 1 visa interviews will resume, but only in Moscow. Nonimmigrant-visa interviews at U.S. consulates in St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Vladivostok are suspended indefinitely. More...
LexisNexis Pulls 2 Products Out of China
By Elizabeth Redden. LexisNexis said it withdrew an academic research database and a business information service from the Chinese market in March after being asked to remove content, Reuters reported. More...
Lecturer in Australia Criticized for Teaching on Taiwan, Hong Kong
By Elizabeth Redden. A lecturer at the University of New Castle, in Australia, has come under criticism in the media after Chinese students complained about the use of teaching materials that referred to Taiwan and Hong Kong as separate countries, The Australian reported. More...
U.S. to Restrict Visas in Four Countries
By Elizabeth Redden. The Trump administration will impose visa sanctions on four countries that refuse to take back their citizens when the U.S. seeks to deport them, CNN reported. Citizens of the four countries -- Cambodia, Eritrea, Guinea and Sierra Leone – will be subject to restrictions on visas. More...
Ontario Proposes a French-Language University
By Elizabeth Redden. The government of Ontario is proposing to create the province’s first French-language university and will introduce legislation to this effect in the coming months. According to the government’s announcement, Ontario is home to 611,500 Francophones, the largest Francophone population in Canada outside Quebec. More...
Chinese Universities Seek Tighter Control of Faculty
By Elizabeth Redden. Chinese universities are tightening their ideological control of faculty members’ views, with seven top-tier universities having established “teachers’ affairs departments” to oversee the ideological and political views of professors, the South China Morning Post reported. More...
