Academics in University College Cork (UCC) have expressed concern about plans to deepen links with a controversial university in China. Fifty academics from the university have signed a letter seeking a detailed report on whether Minzu University in China is linked to human rights abuses against the Uighur people in Xinjiang, and other minority groups. Minzu University is used by the Beijing regime to educate students from ethnic minorities, many of whom go on to become Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials or cadres. A steering group in UCC is looking at making a “joint college” application to the Chinese ministry of education in relation to Minzu, with which UCC already has academic links. “Discussions with Minzu University of China do not include the development of a physical campus by UCC, and any agreement will be subject to university approval,” the university said in a statement in October.

Source: The Irish Times November 25, 2020 03:33 UTC