Re:Swiss Ph.D student’s dismissal spotlights China’s influence
by _fat_santa on Saturday August 07, 2021 @10:31AM
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I'm a bit conflicted on this story for the same reason. One the one hand I agree what happened to him was horrible, but on the other hand it's almost to be expected. The kid was enrolled in a Chinese university and decided to criticize the CCP on the internet under his own name. So yeah what happened to him was horrible, but not unexpected.
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Re:Swiss Ph.D student’s dismissal spotlights China’s influence
by chmod600 on Saturday August 07, 2021 @10:58AM
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This news is incremental, sure, but still news. If stuff like this had been happening 20 years ago, many countries would probably have a very different trading posture with China.
It's important to report on this kind of thing once in a while, even if no individual instance is shocking. It builds up into a major problem.
Re:Swiss Ph.D student’s dismissal spotlights China’s influence
by usr1106 on Saturday August 07, 2021 @11:01AM
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It's not suprising that China acts like this.
The message of the article is that a renowned Swiss university cowardly bows to China's oppression instead of guaranteing their students (not legally, but morally their) their democratic rights. Cynics might say not suprising either. Switzerland is somewhat infamous for its silent Nazi support while formally neutral in WWII.