China, Hong Kong, Taiwan
Beijing strives to sunder academic ties between Hong Kong and Taiwan

Hong Kong academics were discouraged from attending an event organised on 4 and 5 December 2025 at the Institute of Sociology of Academia Sinica in Taipei.
Hong Kong academics were discouraged from attending an event organised on 4 and 5 December 2025 at the Institute of Sociology of Academia Sinica in Taipei. © Jui-Chi Chan/Alamy banque d'images
Obsessed with the risk of ‘subversive connections', the Guoanbu is behind recent intimidation tactics aimed at severing ties between academic institutions in Hong Kong and Taiwan. In early December, Hong Kong academics were strongly dissuaded from travelling to Taipei. [...]
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