Two scholars, said to be banned, had no China travel planned


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Two Australian scholars reportedly banned from China said Thursday they had no intention of travelling there for fear for their personal safety. The Chinese Communist Party's English-language newspaper Global Times cited unidentified sources in reporting the two had been banned from entering China but did not explain why. The report noted, however, Australia had revoked the visas this month of two Chinese scholars. Chen Hong and Li Jianjun were banned as part of an Australian crackdown on covert foreign interference in domestic politics and institutions. The laws created in 2018 have played a major part in the deterioration of relations...