Wonderful news:
Academics working for Chinese government think tanks and top universities say they are cutting off communications with their Australian counterparts and cancelling plans to travel to the country because they fear they will be accused of being Communist Party infiltrators.
Five prominent academics in China specialising in foreign relations and Australian studies told The Australian Financial Review it was becoming almost impossible to collaborate with Australian universities because of the rise in anti-China rhetoric.
“Now, any bilateral communication is regarded as an infiltration. China investment is regarded as dangerous and harmful. What can we do?
Nothing is absolutely right.
It’s nothing personal. It’s not you. It’s us. We let corruption ruin our tertiary institutions and need to go through an adjustment to fix it.
We’ll get back you later.
