PhD student in Switzerland expelled after criticizing the CCP in Twitter
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Re: PhD student in Switzerland expelled after criticizing the CCP in Twitter
#2explanation of what's going on which is, of course, way more complicated than the headline: https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/oxmgg2/phd_student_...
Re: PhD student in Switzerland expelled after criticizing the CCP in Twitter
#3The link leads to a reddit post, which leads to another reddit post, which leads to this article in Swiss: https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/hsg-und-china-kritik-auf-twitter-...
I can't read Swiss... but the comments on Reddit seem to show that this isn't as cut and dry as the title makes it sound. Quoting /u/hamsterman20:
> "First of all, he was going to a chinese university with a chinese scholarship.
> He left the swiss university because of some weird technicalities while attending the Chinese university.
> He posted political messages against china and 1 picture depicting a chinese with yellow skin and slit eyes.
> Im not surprised he was kicked out of the chinese university and that the supervisor wanted to distance themselves. Though I wish they would stand up against China, its hard when your career depends on it.
> His swiss university refused to take them back. Don't know why. Technicalities I guess."
I'm sure there's still more to the story, and that it obviously isn't entirely the student's fault, but it isn't like a Swiss Student randomly tweeted about the CCP and got kicked out.
Re: PhD student in Switzerland expelled after criticizing the CCP in Twitter
#4The link leads to a reddit post, which leads to another reddit post, which leads to this article in Swiss: https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/hsg-und-china-kritik-auf-twitter-... I can't read Swiss... but the comments on Reddit seem to show that this isn't as cut and dry as the title makes it sound. Quoting /u/hamsterman20: > "First of all, he was going to a chinese university with a chinese scholarship. > He left the swiss…
Link to comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/oxmgg2/phd_student_...
Re: PhD student in Switzerland expelled after criticizing the CCP in Twitter
#5explanation of what's going on which is, of course, way more complicated than the headline: https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/oxmgg2/phd_student_...
Hmmm, unsourced claims by an anonymous user on Reddit. What's not to like.
Re: PhD student in Switzerland expelled after criticizing the CCP in Twitter
#6The article in English: https://www.nzz.ch/english/swiss-phd-students-dismissal-spot...
Re: PhD student in Switzerland expelled after criticizing the CCP in Twitter
#7Great example of a clickbait headline right there. No love lost for the CCP from my side, but making stuff up is stupid. The guy burned bridges with his doctoral advisor, left the uni, went to China to study in a Chinese university and posted a racist cartoon about Chinese people. Then after they expelled him (figures) he tried to force his way back into the previous one. None of this is the least bit controversial.
Re: PhD student in Switzerland expelled after criticizing the CCP in Twitter
#8The link leads to a reddit post, which leads to another reddit post, which leads to this article in Swiss: https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/hsg-und-china-kritik-auf-twitter-... I can't read Swiss... but the comments on Reddit seem to show that this isn't as cut and dry as the title makes it sound. Quoting /u/hamsterman20: > "First of all, he was going to a chinese university with a chinese scholarship. > He left the swiss…
> which leads to this article in Swiss
What? There is no "Swiss" language, the article is in German
Re: PhD student in Switzerland expelled after criticizing the CCP in Twitter
#9The link leads to a reddit post, which leads to another reddit post, which leads to this article in Swiss: https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/hsg-und-china-kritik-auf-twitter-... I can't read Swiss... but the comments on Reddit seem to show that this isn't as cut and dry as the title makes it sound. Quoting /u/hamsterman20: > "First of all, he was going to a chinese university with a chinese scholarship. > He left the swiss…
Lol, it's German. There is no Swiss language. We speak German, French, Italian and Romansch here.
Re: PhD student in Switzerland expelled after criticizing the CCP in Twitter
#10explanation of what's going on which is, of course, way more complicated than the headline: https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/oxmgg2/phd_student_...
Here's also a statement by the HSG regarding the article in the NZZ: https://www.unisg.ch/de/wissen/newsroom/aktuell/rssnews/camp...
According to the statement, the student tried "to force his re-acceptance to the phd-program with legal and political means".
To be honest, I'm not quite sure what to make out of the whole situation (as a Swiss, originally from the area of St. Gallen, where the school is).
I would be heavily surprised if the HSG would let itself pressure to the effects that the headline of the article insinuates. The school has a bit of a reputation in engineering circles as "useless MBA graduates factory", but being beholden to Chinese interests? That seems quite the stretch to me.