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Podcast: The Grapevine
Episode: How the Chinese Government is undermining Academic freedom in Australia
Description: On this episode of The Grapevine, Dylan is joined on the line by journalist and researcher for Human Rights Watch, Sophie McNeill, to discuss the findings of their new report into Chinese government surveillance of pro-democracy students from the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong in Australian universities. The report finds that students and faculty have been targeted with intimidation and harassment after expressing pro-democracy sentiments.And as Australian vaccination continues to crawl ahead at a snail pace, author and journalist, George Megalogenis, calls in to talk about his new Quarterly Essay, ‘Exit Strategies: Politics After The Pandemic’. Megalog...