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23 October 2017

CHINA’S TROUBLING CRACKDOWN ON RESEARCH

GRAEME SMITH

Censorship of academic research in China is nothing new. Back in 2008 as I was finishing a long stint in rural China, Chinese officials and academics were talking about the “good old days of Jiang Zemin.” At first it seemed to be a joke; how could you possibly miss former premier Li Peng? He was still the butt of most political jokes, skewered either for his fabled stupidity, a voice so high-pitched that it was voiced over on the evening news, his love of karaoke, or all three.

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