Australian researchers Clive Hamilton and Alex Joske have been banned from entering China, Chinese state media reported, less than two weeks after it was revealed Australia had revoked the visas of two Chinese academics.
The tit-for-tat response is the latest escalation in deteriorating relations between the two countries. Australian journalists Mike Smith and Bill Birtles left China at the beginning of September after being questioned by Chinese state security.
Four Chinese journalists left Australia after being questioned by ASIO in June and two Chinese scholars Chen Hong and Li Jianjun received negative security assessments and their visas were revoked by the Department of Home Affairs. Read more…..
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China says the decision to ban academics Clive Hamilton and Alex Joske is entirely within its sovereign powers, accusing them of spreading “false information”.
