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SYDNEY (Reuters) -High numbers of Chinese students at Australian universities have created an environment of self-censorship with lecturers avoiding criticism of Beijing and Chinese students staying silent in fear of harassment, Human Rights Watch said.<\/p>

FILE PHOTO: A computer mouse is illuminated by a projection of a Chinese flag in this photo illustration October 1, 2013. REUTERS\/Tim Wimborne\/File Photo<\/figcaption>

Some parents in mainland China had been questioned by Chinese police about the activities of students in Australia and Hong Kong police had questioned a returning student about pro-democracy activities, the group said in a report released on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Self-censorship has worsened as universities have adopted online courses during the COVID-19 pandemic, with Chinese students joining class from behind China\u2019s \u201cGreat Firewall\u201d system of internet censorship, the group said.<\/p>\n

The trend compromised the academic freedom of all students in the class, the report\u2019s author, Sophie McNeill, told Reuters.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt erodes Australia\u2019s academic freedom,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

In one example, an online course removed references to the bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, she said.<\/p>\n

Responding to the report, Universities Australia, a peak body for the sector, said universities are committed to academic freedom.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would urge any student or staff member to go straight to their university if they are being coerced or intimidated,\u201d Chief Executive Catriona Jackson said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Australia\u2019s education minister Alan Tudge said the report raised \u201cdeeply concerning issues\u201d, and the government would take advice from a parliamentary committee on intelligence and security that was looking into foreign interference.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny interference on our campuses by foreign entities cannot be tolerated,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The Chinese embassy in Canberra did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, 40% of all international students in Australia were from China, or 10% of all university students. Almost a third of university sector revenue was generated from international student fees.<\/p>\n

Human Rights Watch interviewed 24 students with \u201cpro-democracy\u201d views attending Australian universities, of whom 11 were from mainland China and 13 from Hong Kong. It also interviewed 22 academics.<\/p>\n

The rights group verified three cases where family in China had been warned by police over a student\u2019s activity in Australia.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you protest against CCP abroad, they will find people you love to make you pay. Even if you are in Australia,\u201d a student not identified in the report told Human Rights Watch, referring to the Chinese Communist Party.<\/p>\n

The student, who said he had posted \u201canti-government\u201d material on Twitter, said Chinese police had issued his parents with an official warning last year.<\/p>\n

A student from Hong Kong filed a report with Australian police after four men in masks and speaking Mandarin appeared outside his house and chased him with sticks after he spoke at a democracy rally. The student slept in his car then moved house after the incident. He is seeking asylum in Australia.<\/p>\n

Threats by patriotic Chinese classmates, including exposing address details online, known as doxxing, and threats to report a student\u2019s anti-China views to the embassy, were more common, the report found.<\/p>\n

Human Rights Watch said more than half of students who experienced intimidation did not report it to their universities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey believed their universities cared more about maintaining relationships with the Chinese government and not alienating the students who were supportive of the CCP,\u201d said McNeill.<\/p>\n

Half of academics interviewed by Human Rights Watch said they self-censored in the classroom, the report said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAcademic after academic avoided discussing China in the classroom,\u201d McNeill said.<\/p>\n

Human Rights Watch said it wanted the Australian government to report annually on incidents of harassment and censorship, and for universities to classify students \u201creporting on\u201d classmates or staff as harassment and grounds for disciplinary action.<\/p>\n

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