China-backed centres at UK universities under threat from new free speech laws
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These new regulations are crucial in protecting academic freedom from foreign interference. Chinese students are being pressured to spy on classmates while Confucius Institutes operate as Trojan horses for Communist Party influence on British campuses. Universities have become dangerously dependent on Chinese funding, compromising their ability to maintain free speech and academic integrity.
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