In the ensuing scuffles, one student from Hong Kong was tackled and grabbed by the throat; another had her shirt ripped open. His dual roles were an example of the increasingly close ties between Australian universities and China, their biggest source of international students. Chinese students’ tuition fees now account for one-fifth of the revenues of some top schools, according to a 2019 study by sociologist Salvatore Babones. ::That summer, Pavlou approached leaders of the University of Queensland’s Hong Kong student association, offering to help stage a sit-in. University of Queensland students create signs and sticky notes in support of Hong Kong democracy protesters in August 2019.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 21, 2020 09:32 UTC