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A comment on Swiss Ph.D student’s dismissal spotlights China’s influence. Parent comment

Re:Swiss Ph.D student’s dismissal spotlights China’s influence by wolverine876 on Saturday August 07, 2021 @11:45AM (#28099463)
> let me offer my reading between the lines

But the rest is entirely fabricated and ignores the clear statements of the advisor themself, which is that they didn't want to offend China and would for that reason terminate the relationship.

> the advisor had a convenient out and took it

How is it a convenient out? 'CCP pressure' doesn't sound like a convenient reason. The advisor could have pulled the 'you're no long enrolled' trick at any time.

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Re:Swiss Ph.D student’s dismissal spotlights China’s influence by colinmhayes on Saturday August 07, 2021 @02:12PM (#28100623)
There was no CCP pressure. Only a Chinese Phd student in Canada who forwarded the supposedly racist meme to the advisor.
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Re:Swiss Ph.D student’s dismissal spotlights China’s influence by wolverine876 on Saturday August 07, 2021 @07:29PM (#28102825)
You don't know that, and that's not how the advisor portrayed it.
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