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British universities are being ‘infiltrated by Chinese students’ who allegedly acted as spies for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to a report cited by Breitbart London.
The investigation, conducted by UK-China Transparency (UKCT), surveyed academics in Chinese studies programmes across Britain. The findings claim that Chinese students studying in the UK are being pressured by CCP officials and police to gather intelligence on classmates, academic discussions and campus events.
One scholar told UKCT that Chinese students admitted “surveillance is omnipresent” and that many are interrogated by Chinese authorities upon returning home.
The report warns that such tactics are designed to silence debate on issues Beijing deems embarrassing, from human rights abuses in Hong Kong, Tibet and Xinjiang to scrutiny over its handling of the Covid-19 outbreak.
UKCT singled out the Chinese Students and Scholars Associations (CSSAs), which are nominally suppo...
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