April 13, 2001

Chinese-Born Scholars Avoid Homeland After Rash of Arrests There

Chinese scholars who live abroad are spooked by the recent detentions of American and Hong Kong-based scholars in China, and many are canceling their plans to visit or do research there.

"It's kind of scary. I'm taking a group of students to Beijing for a summer and I feel like, who knows, as soon as I land, I may be taken away for no reason," says Wenfang Tang, a political scientist at the University of Pittsburgh who is a Chinese-born American citizen. "When

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