The Long Chinese Arm Extends to Australian Academics

Someone sent me a link to an interesting post. It has to do with Chinese students stifling intellectual freedom in Australian universities.  There is a lot of Chinese investment in Australian assets (which to me speaks volumes about Chinese assessments of their own economy: why the exit of Chinese capital to Australia if China’s economy is doing so permanently well?). And there are Chinese students in Australian universities of course. This article reports that the Chinese government puts fear of reprisal into Chinese students abroad if the students espouse ideas contrary to the party line: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/opinion/australia-chinese-students.html.