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Government report / house oversight document
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Summary
This document appears to be page 49 of a House Oversight report detailing censorship and surveillance tactics employed by the People's Republic of China (PRC) against American scholars and academic institutions. It outlines specific restrictions including the vetting of conference materials, internet restrictions, physical surveillance by security services, and the censorship of digital archives like CNKI. It notes that American universities pay significant fees for these now-censored databases and that research into regions like Tibet and Xinjiang is effectively blocked. While the prompt references Epstein, this specific page focuses entirely on Sino-US academic relations and censorship.
People (4)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| American scholars | Academic Researchers |
Subject to monitoring, following, and censorship by PRC security services.
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| Foreign authors | Writers |
Pressured to censor Chinese-language editions of their books.
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| American professors | Academics |
Cannot work in restricted areas or advise students to do so due to safety risks.
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| Graduate students | Students |
Advised against working on subjects in restricted regions due to career and safety risks.
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Organizations (5)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| State Press & Publishing Administration |
Insists on censorship of Chinese-language editions of foreign books.
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| China National Knowledge Infrastructure |
Censors online archives by deleting articles the government wishes to remove from the historical record.
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| American universities |
Pay for access to CNKI databases; disposing of paper copies relying on digital archives.
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| PRC Government |
Influences Chinese studies via controls over key regions and censorship.
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| Security services |
Monitors and follows American scholars in China.
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Timeline (1 events)
Ongoing
Locations (4)
| Location | Context |
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Location where restrictions, monitoring, and censorship occur.
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Location where scholarly conferences are held that are subject to influence; location of American universities.
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Minority area subject to controls and restrictions.
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Minority area subject to controls and restrictions.
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Relationships (2)
Universities pay tens of thousands annually for database access.
Government monitors and restricts the scholars.
Key Quotes (4)
"Monitoring, even following, some American scholars by security services while in China."Source
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Quote #1
"CNKI in particular is now 'curating' its catalogs and holdings by deleting articles the current government appears not to wish to see remaining in the historical record."Source
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Quote #2
"American professors cannot themselves work in these areas, nor can they in good conscience advise their graduate students to work on these subjects"Source
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Quote #3
"This amounts to PRC distorting the historical record, not just for China but for the entire world."Source
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