> In the UK Chinese funded international masters/phd students have to send back to China reports about their fellow students as a condition of their funding.
That's a major claim, do you have a link to an article or source?
That's a major claim, do you have a link to an article or source?
>Amongst other things, the contract also commits the recipient to “regularly submit” a formal “Situation Report” (called the Study/Research/Training Situation Report for Personnel Studying Abroad 出国留学人员学习/研修情况报告) to the relevant Chinese embassy or consulate, and “participate in annual PhD student reviews” there.
[1] https://ukctransparency.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/China...
There might be something else but this looks like a progress evaluation form and is hardly concerning.
There is indeed something else
> An online announcement from January 2019 by the Chinese consulate in Belfast even suggests recipients should report important papers published, patents obtained, and inventions made by those they work with at British universities.
I was unable to load the url for this, but it's not looking good. A certain line is crossed when you have to start reporting on ip that isn't yours.
The level of detail and the scope would matter a lot. It's very different whether the student is required to show that he coauthored 2x Science, 1x Nature Photonics and have a patent about something pending, or he need to furnish detailed information about an on-going/unpublished work.
I would also expect these dodgy reporting to be done in a more delicate way if they do exist then what's shown on this PDF. Citing the report in my first reply suggests that PDF is simply not a good source.
sending someone abroad to compile information on other people just seems off, even if some of that is public.
These are supposed to be students.
Why do people write literature reviews? You write about what you think is significant.
The students have to report on each other. Effectively spying on each other.
Also note that there are many private universities in China and private research institutions which send a significant number of students where I imagine this requirement doesn't apply.