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China is encroaching on Australian academic freedom: report

Student Bonnie Wong.
Student Bonnie Wong. Source: Supplied

The Human Rights Watch report says Australian universities are failing to protect the academic freedom of people in their care who criticise the Chinese Communist Party.


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By Bernadette Clarke

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The Human Rights Watch report says Australian universities are failing to protect the academic freedom of people in their care who criticise the Chinese Communist Party.



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