Xu Zhangrun vs. Tsinghua University
Voices of Protest & Resistance (VII)

 

An Open Letter to Tsinghua University

5th of April 2019

Dr. Qiu Yong
President, Tsinghua University

Dear President Qiu,

Tsinghua University, one of the most highly ranked universities in the world, has suffered severe damage to its academic reputation as a consequence of the university’s punishment of Professor Xu Zhangrun.

As members of the international academic community, we urge the university to restore Professor Xu’s normal status in the university, including his teaching and research duties, and to refrain from any further sanctions against him.

Sincerely,

• To sign this letter, please email your name and affiliation to:

ProfXu2019@gmail.com

• This letter is open until the 19th of April 2019, after which it will be sent to Tsinghua University. It will also be made public.
• Please circulate this letter to friends, colleagues and professional networks.

Initial signatories:

Andrew J. Nathan
Columbia University, USA

Geremie R. Barmé
The Australian National University

Steven I. Levine
University of Montana, USA

Perry Link
University of California, Riverside

Ian Buruma
Bard College

Orville Schell
Asia Society

Jean-Philippe Béja
CNRS/CERI-Sciences-Po
(Centre de Recherches Internationales), Paris

Institution names are for identification purposes only.

For the first list of signatories from 5-12 April, see here.

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Xu Zhangrun vs. Tsinghua University
Voices of Protest & Resistance

(March 2019-)

• Chris Buckley, ‘A Chinese Law Professor Criticized Xi. Now He’s Been Suspended’, New York Times, 26 March 2019
• Guo Yuhua 郭於華, ‘J’accuse, Tsinghua University!’, China Heritage, 27 March 2019
• Zha Jianguo 查建國 et al, ‘Heads or Tails — Criticism and Xu Zhangrun’, China Heritage, 29 March 2019
• Anon, ‘Silence + Conformity = Complicity — reflections on university life in China today’, China Heritage, 30 March 2019 (revised 2 April 2019)
• Wang Changjiang 王長江, ‘Tsinghua University Gets a Lecture on Leadership from the Central Party School’, China Heritage, 31 March 2019
• Various hands, ‘Speaking Up for a Man Who Dared to Speak Out’, China Heritage, 1 April, 2019
• Zi Zhongyun 資中筠, ‘My Tsinghua Lament’, China Heritage, 3 April 2019
• ‘An Open Letter to the President of Tsinghua University’, China Heritage, 5 April 2019
• The Editor and Tao Haisu 陶海粟, ‘Poetic Justice — a protest in verse’, China Heritage, 5 April 2019
• Xia Li’an 夏立安 and Gu Wanming 顧萬明, ‘Throw Him Out Now! No, Give Him His Job Back!’, China Heritage, 8 April 2019
• Zhang Weiying 張維迎, ‘There’s Just No Shutting You Up! — a Shaanbei Serenade’, China Heritage, 10 April 2019
• Feng Ling 風靈, ‘Sweep Away All Professors! Make China’s Universities Safe Spaces!’, China Heritage, 12 April 2019
• An Open Letter to Tsinghua University — Signatories, 5-12 April 2019, China Heritage, 12 April 2019
• The Xu Zhangrun Archive, China Heritage, 1 August 2018-

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