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
15th
Bosnia and Herzegovina
24/44
15th
France
24/44
15th
Georgia
24/44
18th
Argentina
22/44
18th
Gambia
22/44
18th
Italy
22/44
18th
Slovakia
22/44
18th
Turkey
18/36
23rd
Kenya
21/44
23rd
Panama
21/44
23rd
South Africa
21/44
26th
Portugal
17/36
27th
Costa Rica
20/44
27th
Indonesia
20/44
27th
Uruguay
20/44
30th
Egypt
19/44
30th
Lebanon
19/44
30th
Netherlands
19/44
33rd
South Korea
18/44
33rd
Peru
18/44
33rd
Serbia
18/44
36th
Taiwan
16/40
37th
New Zealand
14/36
38th
Kyrgyzstan
17/44
38th
Nigeria
17/44
40th
Saudi Arabia
16/44
41st
Uganda
14/40
42nd
Armenia
15/44
42nd
Algeria
15/44
42nd
Ecuador
15/44
42nd
Spain
15/44
46th
Brazil
13/40
47th
Japan
14/44
47th
Turkmenistan
14/44
47th
Venezuela
14/44
50th
Philippines
12/40
51st
Afghanistan
13/44
51st
Azerbaijan
13/44
51st
Colombia
13/44
51st
Romania
13/44
51st
El Salvador
13/44
51st
Uzbekistan
13/44
57th
Vietnam
11/40
57th
Zimbabwe
11/40
59th
Ethiopia
12/44
59th
Hungary
12/44
59th
Poland
12/44
62nd
Israel
10/40
62nd
Kazakhstan
11/44
62nd
Mongolia
11/44
62nd
Nicaragua
11/44
62nd
Qatar
11/44
62nd
Russia
11/44
62nd
Tajikistan
11/44
69th
Belarus
10/44
69th
Jordan
10/44
69th
Mexico
10/44
72nd
Greece
8/36
73rd
Belgium
9/44
73rd
Iceland
9/44
73rd
Myanmar
9/44
73rd
Malaysia
9/44
73rd
Sweden
9/44
78th
Denmark
8/44
78th
Ukraine
8/44
80th
Austria
7/44
80th
Latvia
7/44
80th
Timor-Leste
7/44
83rd
Sri Lanka
6/40
83rd
Moldova
6/40
83rd
North Macedonia
6/40
86th
Angola
6/44
86th
Bangladesh
6/44
86th
Mozambique
6/44
89th
Bolivia
5/44
90th
Czech Republic
4/44
90th
Finland
4/44
90th
Montenegro
4/44
90th
Senegal
4/44
94th
Lithuania
3/44
95th
Albania
2/44
95th
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2/44
95th
India
2/44
98th
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

91/ 98

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

91/ 98

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

40/ 97

Affected Countries

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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

52/ 98

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

62/ 91

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

91 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

45/ 98

Affected Countries

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2/ More than a few, but insignificant

5 countries chose this answer :

Azerbaijan, Belarus, Denmark, Argentina, Angola

3/ Few, but significant

4/ More than a few, and significant

10 countries chose this answer :

Lebanon, Slovakia, Sweden, Taiwan, Nepal, Uruguay, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia

98 countries answered this indicator; 0 countries skipped this indicator

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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

61/ 92

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

4/ More than a few, and significant

92 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/ 98

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/ 97

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

97 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

31/ 96

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

96 countries answered this indicator; 2 countries skipped this indicator

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