https://freerepublic.com/tag/westernacademics/ en-us Sun, 28 Feb 2021 23:22:27 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3938460/posts * "The inaugural conference assured [everyone] that Tibet was never annexed, [and] that the Chinese intervention of 1950 had been requested by the Tibetans," Nicolas Nord, a law professor, recalled. * [T]he proposed new head of the CIA, William J. Burns, said that if it were up to him, he would close Confucius Institutes in Western universities. * Seventeen schools in the UK are already owned by Chinese companies, and that number is destined to rise. In addition, The Times revealed that the University of Cambridge received a "generous gift" from Tencent Holdings, one of the largest technology companies in... Gatestone Institute https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3938460/posts#comment Sun, 28 Feb 2021 23:22:27 GMT