US Academic and Critic of Beijing Censorship Will Leave China After Losing Job

US Academic and Critic of Beijing Censorship Will Leave China After Losing Job
Master's degree graduates pose for pictures during a graduation ceremony at Peking University in Beijing on June 24, 2006. China Photos/Getty Images
Reuters
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BEIJING—An American professor and vocal critic of Beijing’s censorship said he has lost his job at the prestigious Peking University and is leaving China.
Christopher Balding, who has taught at Peking University’s HSBC School of Business located in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen for the past nine years, said in a July 17 blog post that the school has not renewed his contract.