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Whenever diplomatic tensions flare up between Western capitals and Beijing—whether over naval skirmishes in the South China Sea, semiconductor export bans, a sovereign Taiwan, or human rights reports—a very specific ritual plays out across the executive suites of Western higher education. While defense analysts debate deterrence and foreign ministries issue stern communiqués, university provosts and…
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For decades, Western academics have enjoyed a comfortable sense of moral and intellectual superiority when looking across the Pacific. Whenever the conversation turns to higher education in the People’s Republic of China, Western scholars shake their heads with sympathetic pity. Everyone knows the setup: at every Chinese university, from Peking University down to the provincial…
