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Academic Freedom is Under Assault, Well‑known Chinese Economist Tells CCS

June 2, 2015

Xia Yeliang Visiting Fellow, Cato Institute Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity

Dr. Xia Yeliang, invited speaker at the March 2015 CCS Annual Meeting, described increasing repression on Chinese academic institutions under President Xi Yinping. Arrests, spying by students, politicized funding of the humanities, all show a determination by current authorities to prevent any influence in China of Western democratic ideas on students. Dr. Xia Yeliang is a visiting fellow at ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases Tagged With: China, Chinese Human Rights Defenders, Government of the People's Republic of China, Peking University, Xi Jinping, Xia Yeliang

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