FBI Says Chinese Operatives Active at Scores of U.S. Universities
Reminds me of this story from last year:<p><i>But those [Chinese] students often bring to campus something else from home: the watchful eyes and occasionally heavy hand of the Chinese government, manifested through its ties to many of the 150-odd chapters of the Chinese Students and Scholars Associations.<p>The groups have worked in tandem with Beijing to promote a pro-Chinese agenda and tamp down anti-Chinese speech on Western campuses. At Columbia a decade ago, the club mobilized students to protest a presentation about human rights violations in China, urging them to “resolutely defend the honor and dignity of the Motherland.” At Duke, the group was accused of inciting a harassment campaign in 2008 against a Chinese student who tried to mediate between sides in a Tibet protest. More recently in Durham, England, the group acted at the behest of the Chinese government to censor comments at a forum on China-Hong Kong relations.</i><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2017&#x2F;05&#x2F;04&#x2F;us&#x2F;chinese-students-western-campuses-china-influence.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2017&#x2F;05&#x2F;04&#x2F;us&#x2F;chinese-students-weste...</a><p>Also reminds me of this recent news, of Mercedes Benz made to apologize to China for posting a quote (in English) by the Dalai Lama on Instagram, a platform banned in China:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.telegraph.co.uk&#x2F;news&#x2F;2018&#x2F;02&#x2F;07&#x2F;mercedes-apologises-china-quoting-dalai-lama&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.telegraph.co.uk&#x2F;news&#x2F;2018&#x2F;02&#x2F;07&#x2F;mercedes-apologis...</a><p>EDIT: damn, downvotes are coming fast for this one. I wonder why :^)