Academic Freedom

National Review: How China’s Dictatorship Terrorizes Students in America

The Chinese Communist Party uses spies and technology to silence dissent—even abroad. Western institutions need to fight back. By Evan Osborne & Jianli Yang - Jan 23, 2023 The world watched in admiration, and even awe, as university students in China risked the...

Statement on Athenai Institute’s Latest Effort on Banning the Confucius Institute in the United States

August 24, 2020 We applaud Athenai Institute's effort to push for nation-wide State legislatures on banning The Confucius Institute in the United States of America. The Confucius Institutes funded by the Chinese government and carrying the CCP agenda have no place on...

Leading College Democrats, College Republicans, and Human Rights Organizations Endorse Athenai’s Open Letter Against Authoritarian Encroachment on Academic Freedoms

Athenai InstituteCommunications@athenai.orgTwitter and Instagram: @athenaiisntwww.athenai.org On Feb 18, Nury Turkel warned the world that "China's tools of monitoring and surveillance are spreading acorss the globe, making it readily available for authoritarian...

Xi Jinping’s Nationalism: inward and outward

By: Dr. Yang Jianli When Xi Jinping first took power in 2012, Chinese society was politically, economically, sociologically, and even sentimentally broken into Chinas. One is China, Inc. consisting of the political, economic, social, and cultural elite bonded together...