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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

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Post by agucova »

chrissnell wrote: post #44
MisterSandman wrote: post #3

The 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…

Considering that the CCP paid The NY Times, LA Times, and other major papers to publish propaganda pieces and not publish COVID lab leak pieces during 2020, I don't believe much of what I read when it comes to articles that could be deemed favorable to China.

Do you have evidence for this from a reputable source?

Re: PhD student in Switzerland expelled after criticizing the CCP in Twitter

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Post by [deleted] »

Quanttek wrote: post #47
MisterSandman wrote: post #3

The 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…

I recommend to continue reading the English article: > Gerber's goal was to be able to continue studying at St. Gallen. But the university argued that the professor hadn’t kicked him out; rather, he had been deregistered at his own request quite some time ago. In fact, as of the fall 2019 semester, Gerber had been officially enrolled only at the university in China, not at St. Gallen. He had been advised to take this…

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Re: PhD student in Switzerland expelled after criticizing the CCP in Twitter

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Post by disabled »

noipv4 wrote: post #9
MisterSandman wrote: post #3

The 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.

There are several localized Swiss dialects and there are some Swiss German formal written publications in these local Swiss dialects that other Alemannic German readers have trouble understanding.

Re: PhD student in Switzerland expelled after criticizing the CCP in Twitter

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Post by noxer »

krzyk wrote: post #24

What does CCP acronym mean? I assume it means China, but it is not explained in the reddit thread or in the Swiss article.

It means Chinese Communist Party and is usual used as synonym for China if the focus is on the authoritarian regime rather than the people or the land. Only like 6% of the people in China are part of the CCP.

Re: PhD student in Switzerland expelled after criticizing the CCP in Twitter

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Post by octonion »

agucova wrote: post #51
chrissnell wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Considering that the CCP paid The NY Times, LA Times, and other major papers to publish propaganda pieces and not publish COVID lab leak pieces during 2020, I don't believe much of what I read when it comes to articles that could be deemed favorable to China.

Do you have evidence for this from a reputable source?

Of course he doesn't, as it's complete nonsense.

Re: PhD student in Switzerland expelled after criticizing the CCP in Twitter

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Post by disgruntledphd2 »

ChemSpider wrote: post #12
MisterSandman wrote: post #3

The 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…

> it isn't like a Swiss Student randomly tweeted about the CCP and got kicked out. Based on the original article, it is pretty much exactly like that. The newspaper talked to both sides and clearly believes the student over the professor. It seems everything else are excuses by the Prof and the university (which has plenty of cooperations with China). Now, if the student was technically enrolled at the University or…

That article should definitely be the OP here, as it's much, much more informative than the Reddit posts.

Re: PhD student in Switzerland expelled after criticizing the CCP in Twitter

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Post by _tik_ »

Muahaas wrote: post #21
square_usual wrote: post #7

Great 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.

This is misrepresenting the article quite a bit. The newspaper also sides with him after having reviewed all accounts. He did not "burn" bridges, the relationship was very positive up until the complaint. And he "left" the Uni only temporarily because of an administrative technicality. This is a common thing in German-speaking countries. Some universities have hard limits on the total terms of study. You can avoid ra…

I am Chinese by ethnicity. He is responsible for what he share on public. He studied in China I am sure that he is aware that kind cartoon has racist connotation.

Re: PhD student in Switzerland expelled after criticizing the CCP in Twitter

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Post by dkarl »

shakow wrote: post #48
tomp wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sounds like a very weak excuse. "We let our not-students keep their email accounts until we not-kick-them-out." The point is that a Swiss university retaliated against a Swiss student in Switzerland due to Chinese/CCP pressure because he voiced his political opinion.

I don't know how it works there, but IME, I can still use my email from a university I'm not working at for over 2 years.

My sister uses an email account from grad school as her primary personal email. She got her PhD seventeen years ago and hasn't had any official connection with the university since then.

Re: PhD student in Switzerland expelled after criticizing the CCP in Twitter

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Post by ompaLompa »

trasz wrote: post #32
tpm wrote: post #23

I am very sorry this looks like another post the pro-CCP trolls will have a feast on and severely diminish the value of Hacker News. It's sad to see another good website to go under under the onslaught of political propaganda. To the topic, CCP influence in Western academia is a huge and growing problem the West is sleeping on to its own peril. It is probably too late now for any meaninugful fix and anyway how would…

This was a Chinese-sponsored scholarship in China. But I suppose it’s fine to be a racist jerk if only you can blame CCP, right?

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