Academia

The Academia Domain measures how the PRC state attempts to restrict academic freedom by influencing or interfering with the Index country‘s academic and educational activities.

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Ranking & Scores
Rank
Country
Score
1st
United Kingdom
31/40
2nd
Germany
34/44
3rd
Ireland
31/44
3rd
Singapore
31/44
3rd
Thailand
31/44
6th
Cambodia
30/44
7th
Nepal
28/44
8th
Canada
27/44
8th
Chile
27/44
8th
Pakistan
27/44
8th
United States
27/44
12th
Bulgaria
26/44
13th
Australia
25/44
13th
Estonia
25/44
13th
Tanzania
25/44
16th
Bosnia and Herzegovina
24/44
16th
France
24/44
16th
Georgia
24/44
19th
Argentina
22/44
19th
Gambia
22/44
19th
Italy
22/44
19th
Slovakia
22/44
19th
Turkey
18/36
24th
Kenya
21/44
24th
Panama
21/44
24th
South Africa
21/44
27th
Portugal
17/36
28th
Costa Rica
20/44
28th
Ghana
20/44
28th
Indonesia
20/44
28th
Uruguay
20/44
32nd
Egypt
19/44
32nd
Lebanon
19/44
32nd
Netherlands
19/44
35th
South Korea
18/44
35th
Peru
18/44
35th
Serbia
18/44
38th
Taiwan
16/40
39th
New Zealand
14/36
40th
Kyrgyzstan
17/44
40th
Nigeria
17/44
42nd
Saudi Arabia
16/44
43rd
Uganda
14/40
44th
Armenia
15/44
44th
Algeria
15/44
44th
Ecuador
15/44
44th
Spain
15/44
48th
Brazil
13/40
49th
Japan
14/44
49th
Turkmenistan
14/44
49th
Venezuela
14/44
52nd
Philippines
12/40
53rd
Afghanistan
13/44
53rd
Azerbaijan
13/44
53rd
Colombia
13/44
53rd
Romania
13/44
53rd
El Salvador
13/44
53rd
Uzbekistan
13/44
59th
Vietnam
11/40
59th
Zimbabwe
11/40
61st
Ethiopia
12/44
61st
Hungary
12/44
61st
Poland
12/44
64th
Israel
10/40
64th
Kazakhstan
11/44
64th
Mongolia
11/44
64th
Nicaragua
11/44
64th
Qatar
11/44
64th
Russia
11/44
64th
Tajikistan
11/44
71st
Belarus
10/44
71st
Jordan
10/44
71st
Mexico
10/44
74th
Greece
8/36
75th
Belgium
9/44
75th
Iceland
9/44
75th
Myanmar
9/44
75th
Malaysia
9/44
75th
Sweden
9/44
75th
Sierra Leone
9/44
81st
Denmark
8/44
81st
Ukraine
8/44
83rd
Austria
7/44
83rd
Latvia
7/44
83rd
Timor-Leste
7/44
86th
Sri Lanka
6/40
86th
Moldova
6/40
86th
North Macedonia
6/40
89th
Angola
6/44
89th
Bangladesh
6/44
89th
Mozambique
6/44
92nd
Bolivia
5/44
93rd
Czech Republic
4/44
93rd
Finland
4/44
93rd
Montenegro
4/44
93rd
Senegal
4/44
97th
Lithuania
3/44
98th
Albania
2/44
98th
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2/44
98th
India
2/44
101st
Paraguay
1/44

Exposure

Exposure assesses the conditions that make the target country vulnerable to PRC‘s influence, e.g. in terms of economic dependence, or the receiving of some form of benefit.

01.In my country, universities have established research partnerships with PRC-connected entities. (e.g. Huawei, Tencent or Alibaba)

2024

94/ 101

Affected Countries

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02.In my country, there are Confucius Institutes/Classrooms or other PRC-affiliated Chinese language centers based at universities.

2024

94/ 101

Affected Countries

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03.My country plans to include, or does include, Chinese as a foreign language in K-12 or primary education, and receives free or subsidized (e.g. offered below market price) educational books and teachers from the PRC.

2024

42/ 100

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04.In my country, one or more think tanks and academic research centers belong to PRC-affiliated networks/associations (such as: the Silk Road Think Tank Association, Silk Road Think Tank Network [SiLKS], Belt and Road Studies Network, University Alliance of the Silk Road, University Consortium of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road).

2024

53/ 101

Affected Countries

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05.In my country, think tanks and academic research centers have received financial benefits from PRC-connected individuals or entities, such as through grants, donations, sponsored exchange programs, or fellowship programs at PRC institutions.

2024

64/ 94

Affected Countries

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Skipped

7 countries chose this answer :

Greece, Turkey, Portugal, Taiwan, New Zealand, Uganda, Sri Lanka

1/ Few, but insignificant

2/ More than a few, but insignificant

4/ More than a few, and significant

94 countries answered this indicator; 7 countries skipped this indicator

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06.In my country, experts participate in PRC talent recruitment programs such as the Thousand Talents Program or Changjiang Scholars program.

2024

47/ 101

Affected Countries

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07.In my country, scholars have taken trips to the PRC or to other countries organized or run by PRC-connected individuals or entities.

2024

64/ 95

Affected Countries

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Skipped

6 countries chose this answer :

Greece, North Macedonia, Turkey, Portugal, Brazil, United Kingdom

2/ More than a few, but insignificant

3/ Few, but significant

95 countries answered this indicator; 6 countries skipped this indicator

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Pressure

Pressure measures the actions that the PRC directly or indirectly exerts over the target country in order to change the behavior of people in the target country, e.g. in terms of threatening economic punishment to provoke/prevent a political decision.

08.In my country, organized PRC-connected student groups, such as Chinese Students and Scholars Associations (CSSAs), are involved in attempts to censor staff or students (e.g. by harassing students protesting human rights abuses in the PRC, or formally complaining about the identification of Taiwan as a country in lecture slides).

2024

13/ 101

Affected Countries

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09.In my country, scholars or academics have been pressured after expressing opinions or producing scholarship that is critical of the PRC, including via visa denials for PRC travel, workplace censure, lawsuits, legal challenges, or threats thereof.

2024

11/ 100

Affected Countries

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Skipped

1 countries chose this answer :

Vietnam

1/ Few, but insignificant

4 countries chose this answer :

Italy, Japan, South Korea, Cambodia

2/ More than a few, but insignificant

0 countries chose this answer :

3/ Few, but significant

5 countries chose this answer :

France, Taiwan, Estonia, United States, Germany

4/ More than a few, and significant

2 countries chose this answer :

Sweden, Ireland

100 countries answered this indicator; 1 countries skipped this indicator

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Alignment

Alignment evaluates the degree of accommodations the target country makes to the PRC, and the actual policy changes and impacts on the target country.

11.In my country, scholars have published articles that echo PRC talking points, such as denying the existence of or whitewashing human rights abuses (e.g. an academic who rejects that there are re-education camps for Uyghurs in Xinjiang).

2024

32/ 99

Affected Countries

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Skipped

2 countries chose this answer :

Zimbabwe, Philippines

2/ More than a few, but insignificant

2 countries chose this answer :

Pakistan, Poland

3/ Few, but significant

9 countries chose this answer :

Armenia, France, Bulgaria, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Qatar, Cambodia, Germany

4/ More than a few, and significant

2 countries chose this answer :

Panama, Canada

99 countries answered this indicator; 2 countries skipped this indicator

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