Two Australian researchers banned from entering China

Professor Clive Hamilton and researcher Alexander Joske said they were not planning to travel to China and had not applied for a visa to do so in many years.

Clive Hamilton (left) and Alex Joske have worked together researching China's influence in Australia. Source: ABC Australia

Two Australian researchers have been banned from entering China, weeks after two Australian journalists were forced to flee the country.

The scholars were identified by Chinese state-owned newspaper The Global Times as Professor Clive Hamilton from Charles Sturt University and Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) analyst Alexander Joske.

Citing unnamed sources, the Global Times said the pair were banned under the country's "exit and entry administration law" after the Australian government allegedly revoked the visas of two Chinese scholars earlier this year.

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