{"id":49,"date":"2019-11-10T09:09:39","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T09:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cpns-news.com\/?p=49"},"modified":"2019-11-10T12:57:57","modified_gmt":"2019-11-10T12:57:57","slug":"tensions-over-hong-kong-unrest-flare-on-us-college-campuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cpns-news.com\/?p=49","title":{"rendered":"Tensions Over Hong Kong Unrest Flare on US College Campuses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hong Kong has been beset with huge pro-democracy demonstrations since June that have triggered clashes with riot police in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory and stirred fears of a violent crackdown from Beijing.NEW HAVEN, CONN. \u2014&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1023\" height=\"575\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cpns-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cc.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cpns-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cc.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/www.cpns-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cc-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cpns-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cc-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As political tensions flare back home, Hong Kong students on U.S. college campuses say they have been ostracized and in some cases threatened by fellow students from mainland China, and they suspect they are being watched from afar by Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some say they see the hand of the Chinese government working in ways that threaten academic freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEven though many Chinese students are studying right here, sometimes they are all being monitored. They\u2019re not really free of their minds and expression in this country,\u201d said Hong Kong democracy activist Nathan Law, a 26-year-old graduate student in Asian studies at Yale University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Law said he was told by a fellow student that other Chinese at the Ivy League school are avoiding contact with him for fear it will be reported back to the Chinese Embassy and they or their families back home will face consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere will be staring, spotting me and discussing among themselves, and pointing at me in an unfriendly manner,\u201d said Law, whose continuing political work has included visits to Washington to meet with members of Congress.<\/p>\n<div class='sfsi_responsive_icons' style='display:inline-block; width:100%' data-icon-width-type='Fully responsive' data-icon-width-size='240' data-edge-type='Round' data-edge-radius='5'  >\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sfsi_responsive_icons_count sfsi_responsive_count_container sfsi_small_button\"  style='display:none;text-align:center; 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