A new report should spark self-examination by China scholars and questioning from others at how individuals who are often protected by tenure are serving Western societies.
According to the 35-page report, “The Repressive Experiences Among China Scholars: New Evidence from Survey Data,” by Sheena Chestnut Greitens of University of Missouri and Rory Truex of Princeton University, 70 percent of the 562 scholars who responded to the global survey agreed that self-censorship is a major concern in the academic field of China studies.
