{"id":168779,"date":"2014-02-09T23:32:15","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T07:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=168779"},"modified":"2014-02-09T23:34:31","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T07:34:31","slug":"chinese-dissident-lands-cato-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/02\/chinese-dissident-lands-cato-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Dissident Lands at Cato Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Peking University Economics professor Xia Yeliang, who <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/peking-university-expels-liberal-professor-xia-yeliang\/\">was fired<\/a> under <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/10\/conflicting-theories-arise-xia-yeliangs-dismissal\/\">a cloud of controversy <\/a>in October, is now in the U.S. and will start a position as a visiting fellow at the libertarian Cato Institute. Xia, who had close connections with several American universities, warns U.S. academics to be careful in their dealings with Chinese universities<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/02\/10\/us\/chinese-dissident-lands-at-cato-institute-with-a-caution-to-colleges.html?partner=rssnyt&#038;emc=rss&#038;_r=0\"> <strong>in an interview with the New York Times<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In an interview on Friday, the dissident, Xia Yeliang, warned that American universities should be careful about partnerships with Chinese universities. \u201cThey use the reputations of Western universities to cover their own scandals,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPerhaps Western universities do not realize that Chinese universities do not have the basic value of academic freedom, and try to use Western universities to cover their bad side,\u201d Professor Xia added.<\/p>\n<p>[\u2026] The political labels of Professor Xia and the Cato Institute, in Washington, are strikingly different. Professor Xia got into trouble in China for being too liberal, while the institute is known as libertarian or \u2014 less to its liking \u2014 ultraconservative. But the professor and Cato officials say they have the same focus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s a guy who promotes market reforms, human rights and limited constitutional democracy, and we share those values,\u201d said Ian V\u00e1squez, director of Cato\u2019s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity. \u201cIf he can use the Cato platform to call attention to the most urgent reforms, both economic and social, in China, that would be a lot.\u201d [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/02\/10\/us\/chinese-dissident-lands-at-cato-institute-with-a-caution-to-colleges.html?partner=rssnyt&#038;emc=rss&#038;_r=0\"><strong>Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/china\/xia-yeliang\/\"> more about Xia Yeliang<\/a> via CDT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Peking University Economics professor Xia Yeliang, who was fired under a cloud of controversy in October, is now in the U.S. and will start a position as a visiting fellow at the libertarian Cato Institute. 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