Report: Sheffield Hallam Told Forced Labor Researcher Murphy to Stop Work Amid Chinese Threats
Sheffield Hallam University ordered forced labor researcher Laura Murphy to stop her work on China in February, before lifting the ban in October and apologizing after Murphy threatened legal action, The Guardian reported Nov. 3. The U.K. university’s decision to…
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halt the research came amid threats from the Chinese government and its concerns that the university’s insurance provider would no longer cover the work for defamation risk, the report said.