{"id":30659,"date":"2009-01-03T23:33:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-04T06:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=30659"},"modified":"2009-01-03T23:33:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-04T06:33:00","slug":"case-tests-scope-of-academic-freedom-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/01\/case-tests-scope-of-academic-freedom-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Case Tests Scope Of Academic Freedom In China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=98739613\">NPR&#8217; Morning Edition<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In China, the ivory towers are abuzz with a debate over academic freedom and student treachery.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent controversy began late last month when officials at East China University of Political Science and Law in Shanghai called professor <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/tag\/yang-shiqun\/\">Yang Shiqun<\/a> in for a meeting. According to Yang, he was told some students had reported him to the local police and the city education committee for talking about the outlawed Falun Gong sect in class.<\/p>\n<p>Much has changed since this campus housed St. John&#8217;s University, one of China&#8217;s first Western-style academic institutions, a century ago. But the current debate raises old questions about how to reform China&#8217;s educational system.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From NPR&#8217; Morning Edition: In China, the ivory towers are abuzz with a debate over academic freedom and student treachery. The most recent controversy began late last month when officials at East China University of Political Science and Law in Shanghai called professor Yang Shiqun in for a meeting. 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