As China-Japan frictions are bubbling to the surface, there are legitimate concerns whether there will be an armed conflict in the near future, and whether the U.S. would back Japan in defending Japan in places…
Topic: China
Update on China’s Detention of Labor Activists
Via the AAUP’s Academe Blog, here’s the background: On December 3, authorities detained 20 labor activists in Guangdong Province. Four have been placed under criminal charge, several are unaccounted for, and the rest have been…
Bad Business with China 101
Those who warn of the dangers of professors making pronouncements outside their area of expertise may have been a bit too hasty. A case might be made for encouraging business professors to look at foreign…
Are American Universities Overrated?
It’s a great read on whether European or Chinese universities are better than the American institutions, after recent controversies on American college campuses.
New Jersey University’s China Satellite Campus Prefers Hiring Chinese Communists
Kean University, in a joint venture with Wenzhou University, has a satellite campus in China and apparently puts higher priority on hiring Chinese Communist Party types as faculty. That has upset labor unions.
Notre Dame could Open Chinese Satellite Campus
This led to concerns by faculty whether opening a satellite campus in China would compromise the university’s Catholic leanings. Specifically, faculty thought it could send a wrong message as the Communist Chinese government has oppressed…
STEMming China’s Student Espionage
When the reasons mount for rethinking cherished academic practices, academia doubles down on those procedures. For example, as the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) and others have shown, there is no shortage of science, technology,…
Yesterday, Today and ?
Finding academics and intellectuals who are critical of the current White House has almost amounted to trying to find a needle in a haystack. Yet, for those who have been looking for such a mythical…