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"This craven behaviour by UNSW is yet more evidence of the compromised relationship many of our universities have with communist China," he said."Academic freedom and free speech on campus are core values of any self-respecting higher education institution and they should never be sacrificed for lucrative international student income."Dominic Lorrimer
Responding to the initial blowback, the university added a second tweet saying the "opinions expressed by our academics do not always represent the views of UNSW". The tweet said the university had a "long and valued relationship with Greater China" and provided a welcome and inclusive environment.A university spokeswoman said the posts were "not in line with our policies – and the views of an academic were being misconstrued as representing the university".
Liberal MP Dave Sharma, a former Australian ambassador, accused the university of self-censorship. "UNSW seems to have acted in response to an orchestrated campaign of online intimidation, when such freedoms should be non-negotiable," he said. "In many of those messages the people who are complaining are saying point blank UNSW have done the wrong thing and we are going to push for Chinese students to pull out of your uni," he said. "It is that economic threat that the university is afraid of."Mr Ryan said while students should be able to campaign on a range of issues they believe in, the university should not so easily accede to the demands of the campaign.
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Just wondering why the posting the pictures in the Uni is banned? Is that free of speech?
bailey_pbailey Pissweak is the CCP running the uni now
University is supposed to be where people find the truth. However, this kind of censorship is the opposite of how we treat knowledge. Shameful. FreeHongKong
shiroihamusan This should be condemned. And the Australian government should also reflect on the seriousness of infiltration by Chinazi StandWithHongKong FreeHongKong
Fight4HongKong Wow.. an Aussie univ caved in.. Supporting freedom for HK, is now a bad thing.. The univ is afraid critizing CCP.
No any academy freedom, china cone The world should send them back to china
It's a shame that the university forgets what's meant by education, but kowtow to CCP Really don't want to see Australia and other places gradually becoming another Hong Kong
These universities are not educational institutions, but educational shops. They actually gave up their dignity and values in order to earn RMB😤
The backlash from the Chinese are always not reasonable.
what is the percentage of UNSW oversea students are from Mainland China?!
So now the CCP can put its evil hands into Australian university & academia to silence any opposing voice ... It's time for Australia to recognize the threats brought by the CCPChina to the liberty of the free world. We should stay united to protect our freedom & ideology
If you support CCP now, the next victim may be you in the future.
Self censorship is the first step of white terror. It’s either forced by ccp or willing to be part of chinese allies. Shame on UNSW. StandWithHongKong
Support Australia people to win their universities back!! CCP_is_terrorist
It seems like UNSW still did not wake up from the illusion of Chinese money.
University of New South Wales is a university designated for the training of CCP cadres. The Aussie Govt should consider closing it down.
Fight4HongKong Can australian govt stop funding to the university to get them on their knees n reverse their mistake?
We have always wanted to explain to the world that, we must be absolutely vigilant, guard against and stop CCPChina infiltration, they are exerting their influence from different directions, and constantly intervening in situations that are unfavorable to them. ChinaVsWorld
Chinese come to Australia to study and then they become residents and work. The world is much more complicated than it was. It’s time for us to review who we allow in and their affiliations before allowing them to reside here. Attempted infiltration is a serious threat.
Look how ridiculous the CCP can be. A post on Facebook or Instagram can get you arrested or even killed. There will be no more freedom and human rights for the world if the CCP is not stopped.
Reliance on CCP is the only way to commit sucide by your hands.
So there is no freedom of speech in USA universities also?
UNSW Haven't you learned the lesson from UQ, have you? Appeasing China is a lose-lose strategy. Economy in China is collapsing. You can't earn a penny from China anymore. In the meantime, you damage your reputation UNSWScience KaldorCentre UNSWEngineering
True cowards for bending over to a Communist regime! BoycottUNSW
Horrible to see even Australia university kowtowing to CCPChina
No body should knee down before tyranny
BoycottChina
UNSW : $ everything else
Universities in Australia get money from CCP. Chinese student are spys. They do it by making large donations to the universities and funding research (i.e. intellectual theft).
Disgusting cowards!
Just take a look at HK - you either choose the huge source of money from CCP, or choose keeping your human rights, freedom of speech, freedom to hate CCP, even freedom for your entertainment - even celebrities will be forced to say how they love CCP to get their jobs!
Unfortunately Chinese students money matters!
It’s the result of over reliance on China. Today just a essay, may be your favourite tv show in the future. 🤷🏻♀️
The infiltration of Communist China's authoritarianism & political censorship is intensifying rapidly. UNSW's kowtowing is equivalent to encourage the CCP's abuses on human rights & freedom in Hong Kong, Australia & around the world. StandWithHongKong
Chinese Communist Party owns academia . . . walk away . . . do a trade . . . start a business . . . learn online
Shame on UNSW! Isn’t it too easy for you to give up Australian values and morals over a few barbarian complaints?
China is threatening to erode the freedom of speech and academic freedom in Australia
More like bullying than just backlash. Many intl students are on pathway to permanent residency. Does Australia really want immigrants who advocate authoritarian censorship?
You should protect your academic freedom and freedom of speech in Australia, UNSW. You said nothing wrong in that post. Why do you delete it and kowtow to those crazy CCP apologists?
Why? Is RMB really more important that publishing rights, human rights and freedom? CCP_is_terrorist BoycottChina StandWithHongKong
That is a big business for UNSW from Chinese students, so it cannot retain free of speech
When it comes to earning RMB from ccp, human rights in HongKong don't matter. For other times? Feel free to criticize coz we're a fine institution with free speech! HYPOCRITICAL TO THE MAX. StandWithHongKong CCP_is_terrorist ChinaLiedPeopleDied
The action of UNSW solidifies that CCP is spreading its authoritarian model worldwide successfully. Our freedom of speech is not well-protected even we’re not in China. How absurd it is. UNSW kowtowed to the school fees of Chinese student, didn’t they? Chinazi
That's CCP_is_terrorist ! They are evil! Please BoycottChina and StandWithHK now! Don't make the world becomes HK!
Yes should be concern about a deleted tweet and presidential executive order to ban a software......evidence government just sits behind a desk and surf the internet. People are dying and sick, anything done?
HK is a small fry not worth fighting with China
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