In December The Guardian criticised the Chinese premier for a ‘drift towards a new authoritarianism’ because of moves to curb personal freedoms and free speech; values that UK universities hold dear. Don’t expect any vice chancellors to raise objections though. In 2008-9 one in five new international students was from China, in 2012-13 it was one in three, and around a quarter of postgraduate taught students are Chinese. So the financial and intellectual futures of English universities are increasingly reliant on China and increasingly reliant on policy from Xi Jinping’s administration.
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In December The Guardian criticised the Chinese premier for a ‘drift towards a new authoritarianism’ because of moves to curb personal freedoms and free speech; values that UK universities hold dear. Don’t expect any vice chancellors to raise objections though. In 2008-9 one in five new international students was from China, in 2012-13 it was … Continued
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