How the Chinese government is buying its way into UK universities
From funding professorships to censoring students, the Chinese state has more influence on British educational establishments than we realise.
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New Times,
New Thinking.
From funding professorships to censoring students, the Chinese state has more influence on British educational establishments than we realise.
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