...Peking
University allowed Professor Xia to leave China to become a visiting
professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, starting in July
2011 and then at Stanford the next year.
But
in March 2012, as Professor Xia’s year at U.C.L.A. was nearing its end,
Wen Jiabao, who was prime minister of China, gave a speech calling for
reform of the Communist Party’s leadership and the country. Professor
Xia took to social media, including his blog, to urge gatherings around
China to press for change. His
actions angered the Chinese authorities, who ordered him back to China
in January 2013. He was told in June that there would be a vote on his
employment at the university, and in October he was dismissed. Peking
University has partnerships with many American universities, and as
word spread that he would most likely be fired, Professor Xia became a
symbol of Chinese scholars’ limited academic freedom...
Full story at http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/10/us/chinese-dissident-lands-at-cato-institute-with-a-caution-to-colleges.html
Faithful blog readers will recall this item related to the most recent UC Regents meeting:
... There is also a proposal for a
joint lab in China that would conduct clinical trials. Significant
skepticism was expressed by regents about the risks entailed and having
UCLA's name linked to an outside entity - a private firm. [Only one
regent seemed to want to ask whether clinical trials in China are
subject to the same kinds of controls, regulations, and human rights
protections, that exist in the US. UCLA says it will apply US
standards.]...
From: http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2014/01/something-to-think-about-while-waiting.html
We look forward to any comments that anyone in Murphy Hall might have about Professor Xia.
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