这些教育中心现已悄无声息地从澳大利亚一些大学消失,而墨尔本大学(University of Melbourne)、昆士兰大学(University of Queensland)、新南威尔士大学( University of New South Wales, UNSW)和西澳大学(Western Australia, UWA)都选择不再续签合作协议以继续孔子学院的运营。
Li Ka-shing, chairman of Cheung Kong Holdings Limited and Hutchison Whampoa Limited speaks to the press in Hong Kong on May 20, 2011. Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing on Friday urged the government to further boost land supply, saying it was the most "practical" way to deal with the city's red-hot property market. The southern Chinese city of seven millions has imposed new taxes and staged a series of land auctions in the past year-and-a-half to boost land supply, but there were no immediate signs of a slow-down. AFP PHOTO/MIKE CLARKE (Photo credit should read MIKE CLARKE/AFP via Getty Images)
美国之音(Voice of America, VOA)曾是冷战时期的象征,是铁幕后的耳朵,是全球范围内渴望自由的人们的微弱希望。它的广播曾穿越柏林墙的裂缝,穿越中国的高墙,穿越苏联冬日的夜晚,为那些渴望真相的人带去世界的回声。如今,在川普政府的决策下,它被迫陷入沉默。这不仅仅是一个电台的关闭,而是一个时代的落幕。