Australian Universities are bracing for the return of tens of thousands of Chinese students to campus after the government announced an online study ban last week. On Sunday, the Chinese government announced an online learning ban for students enrolled in ...

Huawei and other Chinese ­government-backed companies are running huge technology training programs in Indonesia under the noses of Australia and other countries in the Quad, a new policy paper from the Australian National University says. The report, China Inc and ...

Human Rights Watch has released a report that illustrates the pressure Chinese students in Australia feel to self-censor themselves, petrified that if they anger or annoy Beijing, serious consequences to themselves or their families could follow. This pervasive – but ...

China has cemented itself as a dominant player in the global university market, with five of the country’s universities taking out the top five positions in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) Emerging Economies University Rankings. China is the first ...

One of the two Australian scholars banned from entering China said the move sends a “chilling message” to western society. Professor Clive Hamilton, a professor of public ethics at Charles Sturt University, and Alex Joske from Australian Strategic Policy Institute, both ...

A new federal parliamentary committee will investigate foreign interference at Australian universities that could have far-reaching ramifications for research collaborations with peers. Liberal backbencher Andrew Hastie, a candid critic of the Chinese Communist Party and chair of the intelligence and ...

Following on from the Chinese Education Bureau recently warning Chinese students about racist incidents occurring at Australian universities, the world’s most populous country is now set on expanding its own university sector. This comes after Australian universities have increased their ...

Observers could be forgiven for thinking Australia-China trade relations could be in grave danger following recent diplomatic tit-for-tats and the ongoing push for an investigation into the origins and spread of COVID-19. But while diplomatic and political relations will occasionally ...

Universities Australia CEO Catriona Jackson said the country’s universities are placing student wellbeing first as travel restrictions on visitors, including students, are being extended for another week unit March 7. UA's announcement followed Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s confirmation yesterday at ...

As concerns about the spread of coronavirus deepen in Australia, attention has turned to the effect it is having on Australia's billion-dollar education sector. As around 250,000 Chinese students bound for Australia wait for the travel bans to lift, universities ...