Pressuring UK university ultimately fails to stop research on rights abuses in China

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(TibetanReview.net, Nov03’25) – China carried out a campaign of threats and intimidation lasting more than two years in attempts to get a university in the UK to shut down sensitive research into alleged human rights abuses, reported bbc.com and theguardian.com Nov 3, citing documentary evidence. The university itself is accused of having initially succumbed to China’s pressure for the sake of access to the Chinese student market.

The report said Sheffield Hallam University staff in China were threatened by individuals described by them as being from China’s National Security Service who demanded the research being done in Sheffield be halted.

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