Xia Yeliang Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/xia-yeliang/ An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world. Tue, 28 Dec 2021 02:19:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Xia Yeliang Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/xia-yeliang/ 32 32 59910430 Academic Freedom is Under Assault, Well‑known Chinese Economist Tells CCS https://concernedscientists.org/2015/06/academic-freedom-is-under-assault-well%e2%80%91known-chinese-economist-tells-ccs/ Tue, 02 Jun 2015 16:15:33 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4254 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 […]

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]]> 4254 2014 Annual Report https://concernedscientists.org/2015/03/2014-annual-report/ Mon, 09 Mar 2015 17:52:28 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=4040 During 2014, the Committee of Concerned Scientists continued to advocate on behalf of scientists, academics, engineers and physicians. We wrote in concern for more than 30 individuals or groups of individuals, located in 11 countries. We generally addressed our letters to the heads of state, as well as to the ministries or local authorities with […]

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]]> 4040 2013 Annual Report https://concernedscientists.org/2014/02/2013-annual-report/ Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:00:42 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=3147 CCS Annual Report released -- details 16 cases in 10 countries in 2013.

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]]> 3147 Highlights of 2013 Cases https://concernedscientists.org/2013/10/highlights-of-2013-cases/ Fri, 11 Oct 2013 17:47:41 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=2861 During the past year, we have achieved some successes, and persevered in our struggle when we haven’t.  We welcomed some notable releases from jail  –  of Dr. Cyril Karabus in the United Arab Emirates, and of Drs. Kemal Guruz and Mehmet Haberal in Turkey. These were achieved after several years of advocacy by CCS and other […]

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]]> 2861 In Spite of Protests, Peking University Expels Respected Economics Professor https://concernedscientists.org/2013/08/respected-chinese-professor-of-economics-fears-expulsion-for-opinions-from-university/ Fri, 02 Aug 2013 14:32:18 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=2712 In a letter to the President of Peking University Wang Enge, CCS urged cancellation of an upcoming faculty vote to expel University Professor Xia Yeiling for his support of free speech and constitutional government. Xia, a respected authority on economics, is a visiting professor at Stanford, but said that he wants to return to China […]

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