Chinese Regime Bans Two Australian Scholars, State Media Reports

Australian professor Clive Hamilton speaks about his book, “Silent Invasion,” before an audience at the Macdonald-Laurier institute in Ottawa, Canada on Oct. 16, 2018. He is one of the Australian scholars reportedly banned from traveling to China. NTD

BEIJING/SYDNEY—China has barred entry to two Australian scholars amid heightened tension between Beijing and Canberra, the state-run Global Times newspaper said on Sept. 24, citing unidentified sources.

The decision to bar the “anti-China” Clive Hamilton and Alex Joske came after Australia revoked the visas of two Chinese scholars over “alleged infiltration” in early September, according to the paper, which is published by the Chinese Communist Party’s official mouthpiece People’s Daily.