Beijing says it’s ‘totally within its rights’ to ban threats to China’s security, as 2 Australian scholars are reportedly barred

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The Foreign Ministry in Beijing did not confirm the reported entry bans, but spokesman Wang Wenbin said during a news briefing on Thursday that China has the right to bar any foreign national. “We firmly oppose any acts to deliberately attack China, endanger China’s national security, or spread disinformation under the pretext of studies and other academic activities,” Wang said. Earlier on Thursday, the Global Times said that China had barred two “anti-China” Australian academics from entering the country. These are scholar Clive Hamilton and Alexander Joske, an analyst from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) think tank. The decision...