Opinion

Universities must stand up to Chinese pressure

Operating in a global marketplace does not mean selling out your principles. As China tries to push censorship beyond its own borders, the free world must push back, writes Camilla Cavendish in the FT.

Camilla CavendishContributor

Updated Nov 10, 2019 – 12.08pm, first published at 12.04pm

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Imagine you are running a midsize university, and you get a call from the Chinese embassy expressing concern that one of your professors has an annoying habit of speaking out against the Communist party.

A senior politician is visiting your country next week, says the caller. It would be embarrassing if your professor made any media appearances during that time. There would be consequences.

Camilla Cavendish is an FT columnist, Harvard Fellow and former head of PM David Cameron's policy unit.