Chinese media reports that Beijing has banned two Australian academics, longstanding China critic Professor Clive Hamilton and one-time colleague and China analyst Alex Joske, from entering the country.
Chinese media is reporting that Beijing has banned two Australian academics from entering China.
Quoting an unnamed source, the state-owned Global Times newspaper said Professor Clive Hamilton and Alex Joske would be refused entry in accordance with the Entry and Exit Law of the People's Republic of China.Professor Hamilton is an author and professor of public ethics at Charles Sturt University in Canberra and has long been critical of China's alleged political influence in Australia.
Mr Joske's research focuses on the Chinese military and the overseas influence of the Chinese Communist Party. He grew up in Beijing and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, and has been outspoken about the Chinese Government's alleged infiltration of Australia's top universities. In a statement released on Twitter, Mr Joske said he had not held or applied for a Chinese visa in years and that the move was an attempt by Beijing to "punish those who shine a light on its activities".
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