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American universities, including Harvard and Princeton, weigh options to protect students from political prosecution under China's new national security law
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- China's new natural security law is the latest challenge for universities as classes pick up again.
- Universities like Princeton and Harvard are worried that under the new law students may be prosecuted in China for expressing dissenting political opinions even if they're not in the country, The Wall Street Journal reported.
- The new national-security law stemmed from the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong and allows China to find and prosecute people for "sedition, subversion, terrorism, and colluding with foreign forces."
- Professors are placing warnings on classes or implementing new forms of grading to help protect students.
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Universities like Princeton and Harvard are grappling with another obstacle as classes go back in session: China's new natural security law that could prosecute individuals for dissenting political opinions even if they're not in China, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Some classes at universities will come with a label "This course may cover material considered politically sensitive by China," and students at Princeton would use code names to protect their identities when submitting work, The Journal reported.
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