Is China threatening global academic freedom? UK university halts study on Uyghur repression; Beijing blamed
Chinese President Xi Jinping (left), Uyghur activist protesting oppression (file – agencies) China’s influence over global academia came under sharp scrutiny this week after The Guardian revealed that Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) in the UK had suspended research into forced labour involving Uyghurs in China – a move later reversed after widespread criticism and legal…