卡尔加里大学正式被中国教育部除名

2010年2月6日16年前

University of Calgary(卡尔加里大学) 正式被中国教育部除名。这就意味着获得卡尔加里大学学位的中国留学生回国后无法获得教育部颁发的海外学位认证。

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原文如下：

The Chinese government has removed the University of Calgary from its list of accredited institutions — a move school officials are concerned is connected to the Dalai Lama's visit last fall

The university hosted the Tibetan spiritual leader and awarded him an honourary degree when he visited the city in September.

In December, officials were made aware the Chinese government had removed the university from a list posted on the Ministry of Education's website.

Now the university is trying to see what impact that will have on Chinese nationals who have already obtained a degree or are working toward one at the institution.

"Our biggest concern is we don't want to disadvantage current or prospective students or our alumni," university spokeswoman Colleen Turner said Wednesday.

The Chinese government has made no official communication to the university indicating what it has done or why.

The university learned of the move late last year after an employee in the international student centre and a handful of students raised the issue. They did not indicate to the university how they heard about the move, Turner said.

While there has been no confirmation the sanction is a result of the university's involvement in the Dalai Lama's visit, Turner said the university is concerned there is a link.

A spokeswoman with the Chinese consulate in Calgary would not respond to questions about why the government removed the university's name, saying only cryptically that the U of C "should know."

The Herald has learned officials from the Chinese consulate in Calgary met with university representatives in April when they outlined they did not want the Dalai Lama on the campus and they were against him being awarded an honorary degree.

The spiritual leader did not go to the campus, but was given an honorary doctor of laws at the start of the two-day conference on Sept. 30.

He has been awarded more than 25 honorary degrees from institutions around the world, including the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and University of Toronto and others in the U.S., Italy, Australia and Germany.

"We knew at the time the decision to bring in the Dalai Lama would not be without controversy. All of that said, the decision to bring in the Dalai Lama was not intended to dishonour or disvalue our relationship with our Chinese partners or the Chinese community," Turner said.

The university currently has about 600 students from mainland China and Hong Kong.

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[url]http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Alberta+minister+hopes+Chinese+snub/2525743/story.html[/url]

CALGARY - Alberta's minister of advanced education said he understands what led the Chinese government to remove the University of Calgary from its list of accredited institutions, although he's hopeful the situation can be resolved.

"We've got a good relationship with (the Chinese government) in a number of different areas and we have to deal with issues that pop up from time to time, and we'll talk to them to see what we can do," Doug Horner said Thursday.

"We understand both points of view. Obviously, we'd like to see the situation rectified as soon as possible."

Horner's remarks came a day after the university confirmed it had been removed from the Chinese Ministry of Education's list of accredited institutions in December.

China's action was taken after the university hosted the Dalai Lama and awarded him an honorary degree during his two-day visit to Calgary in the fall.

Horner said he does not believe the move means students' degrees won't be recognized.

"It means students in China that will be looking for international placements when they go to the approved institutions list on the Chinese website, probably, the University of Calgary isn't going to be there," he said.

"That's going to mean we're going to have a reduction in the approved students that come through that pathway."

More than 600 students from main-land China and Hong Kong are currently enrolled at the U of C.

When asked Tuesday about sanctions against the university, Calgary West Conservative MP Rob Anders said any such move would be "childish" and counterproductive.

"That would be kind of cutting off their nose to spite their face," said Anders, who has long protested the Chinese government's occupation of Tibet. "China would be making a mistake to go down that route."

Anders, whose riding encompasses the U of C, says he thinks the Chinese would gain more educationally out of visiting the West than Canadians students would gain by visiting the communist country.

"It's obviously a cheap manoeuvre given the widespread support the Dalai Lama has," Anders said. "It seems kind of petty."

Anders added it would be difficult for the federal or provincial governments to reverse the move through diplomatic action, especially if it's a move directly targeting the U of C.

"This shows a level of emotional immaturity on the behalf of the Chinese," he added. "If that is the case, I don't really sense there's much that a government-to-government interface would do to change that."

But Horner said an upcoming trade mission could include an opportunity to talk to the Chinese government about "what we can do to help the situation along."

The mission, involving Premiers Ed Stelmach, Gordon Campbell and Brad Wall, is being planned for later this year.

The university has said it is trying to determine what impact the move has on current, prospective students and alumni.

A spokeswoman from the Chinese consulate in Calgary said all degrees issued by the University of Calgary will continue to be recognized and accepted whether held by past, current or future students.

University spokeswoman Meanwhile, the head of the Canada Tibet Committee -- an independent organization that defends the rights and freedoms of those living in that country -- denounced the move, saying it harms Chinese citizens more than serves as a punishment to the U of C.

"Future students in China . . . are going to be penalized for not having open options for where they want to pursue their education," Dermod Travis said. "The government seems to have its target backwards."

Months before the visit, Chinese consulate officials met with university representatives and told them they did not want the spiritual leader on the university campus and they were against him being given an honorary degree.

Travis said that is not unusual.

"We're aware that when His Holiness visits Canada, the consulates and embassies voice their displeasure with an assortment of companies or government (officials) who are involved with the visit," he said. "We have to stop kowtowing to these types of tactics that do nothing but embolden the Chinese regime," Travis said.

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[url]http://www.canada.com/news/Alberta+hopes+diplomacy+could+soon+restore+Chinese+list/2523680/story.html[/url]

CALGARY — A provincial minister said Thursday he understood the Chinese government's recent decision to remove the University of Calgary from its list of accredited institutions — a move linked to a visit by the Dalai Lama last fall — but hoped the situation would soon be resolved.

"We've got a good relationship with (the Chinese government) in a number of different areas and we have to deal with issues that pop up from time to time and we'll talk to them to see what we can do," Advanced Education Minister Doug Horner said. "We understand both points of view. Obviously, we'd like to see the situation rectified as soon as possible."

Horner's remarks came a day after the university confirmed it had been removed from the Chinese Ministry of Education's list of accredited institutions in December. China's action came after the university hosted the Dalai Lama and awarded him an honorary degree during his two-day visit to Calgary in the fall.

Horner said he does not believe the decision means students' degrees won't be recognized.

"It means students in China that will be looking for international placements when they go to the approved institutions list on the Chinese website, probably the University of Calgary isn't going to be there," he said. "That's going to mean we're going to have a reduction in the approved students that come through that pathway."

More than 600 students from mainland China and Hong Kong are currently enrolled at the U of C.

When asked about sanctions against the university, federal Conservative MP Rob Anders said any such move would be "childish" and counterproductive.

"That would be kind of cutting off their nose to spite their face," said Anders, who has long protested the Chinese government's occupation of Tibet. "China would be making a mistake to go down that route."

Anders, whose Calgary West riding encompasses the U of C, figures the Chinese would gain more educationally out of visiting the West than Canadians students would gain by visiting the communist country.

"It's obviously a cheap manoeuvre given the widespread support the Dalai Lama has," Anders said. "It seems kind of petty."

He added it would be difficult for the federal or provincial governments to reverse the decision through diplomatic action, especially if it directly targets the U of C.

"This shows a level of emotional immaturity on the behalf of the Chinese," he added. "If that is the case, I don't really sense there's much that a government-to-government interface would do to change that."

Horner said an upcoming trade mission could include an opportunity to talk to the Chinese government about "what we can do to help the situation along."

The mission, involving Premiers Ed Stelmach, Gordon Campbell and Brad Wall, is being planned for later this year.

The university has said it is trying to determine what impact the move has on current, prospective students and alumni.

A spokeswoman from the Chinese consulate in Calgary said all degrees issued by the University of Calgary will continue to be recognized and accepted whether held by past, current or future students.

Meanwhile, the head of the Canada Tibet Committee — an independent organization that defends the rights and freedoms of those living in that country — denounced the move, saying it harms Chinese citizens more than serves as a punishment to the U of C.

"Future students in China . . . are going to be penalized for not having open options for where they want to pursue their education," Dermod Travis said. "The government seems to have its target backwards."

Months before the visit, Chinese consulate officials met with university representatives and told them they did not want the spiritual leader on the university campus and they were against him being given an honorary degree.

Travis said that is not unusual.

"We're aware that when His Holiness visits Canada, the consulates and embassies voice their displeasure with an assortment of companies or government (officials) who are involved with the visit," he said.

"We have to stop kowtowing to these types of tactics that do nothing but embolden the Chinese regime."

© Copyright (c) Canwest News Service

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[url]http://news.globaltv.com/world/Chinese+ministry+warns+against+attending+University+Calgary/2526840/story.html[/url]

SHANGHAI — China has made a habit recently of "punishing" many of the people, institutions and nations that cross it on the Tibet issue, and the University of Calgary appears to be the latest victim.

A call Friday to the Hotline for Overseas Studies Service Centre in Beijing asking for information about attending the Canadian university elicited the following advice: "If you don't already go to that school yet, it is better not to go because you will face risks."

The operator told a Chinese-language inquirer that if she was already at the University of Calgary, her degree would be certified by the Chinese Ministry of Education, but warned, "the policy might change" in years to come.

Without fanfare, the University of Calgary was dropped in December from the Chinese Ministry of Education's list of recommended universities for Chinese students going abroad to study.

The operator said the hotline recommends Chinese students choose their university only from among those on the list.

The inquiry was obviously not the first of the day, either. When the operator was asked about University of Calgary, she could be heard saying to someone nearby: "It's another phone call about the University of Calgary."

Although no one will say officially that Beijing has blocked Chinese students from going to University of Calgary because the school awarded the Dalai Lama an honourary degree last fall, it seems plausible that is the reason.

Asked why Beijing blacklisted the university, a spokeswoman at the Chinese Consulate in Calgary told the Calgary Herald simply that the university "should know."

It may seem a petty move by the world's nascent superpower, but delisting will be costly for the university. China currently has the largest pool of foreign students looking to study abroad and universities around the world are competing to attract them. Little wonder. The 178,000 foreign students in Canada spent $6.5 billion in 2008, according to Canadian government figures. That's an average of more than $36,000 each for the 600 Chinese students at the University of Calgary this year.

Repeatedly in recent years, Beijing has launched retaliatory action in its uphill battle to convince the world the Dalai Lama is a dangerous separatist intent on dividing China, not a Tibetan holy man.

Last fall, it even appeared to shoot itself in the foot when it slowed down its push for closer relations with Taiwan, cancelling or postponing several rounds of official discussions, because the Nobel Peace Prize winner had been invited to pay a visit to the prosperous island that has been estranged from the Mainland since 1949. His visit came in the wake of typhoon Morakot that left 700 dead in southern Taiwan and the Dalai Lama was invited in his role as spiritual leader to comfort the island's predominately Buddhist population.

A 2008 trip by the Dalai Lama to Europe also prompted China to cancel a round of negotiations, this time backing out of a European Union-China summit because French President Nicolas Sarkozy and several other European leaders met with the world's most famous Buddhist monk.

A year before that, it was German Chancellor Angela Merkel who was on the receiving end of China's ire when she ignored its warnings and met with the Dalai Lama. Beijing promptly cancelled a scheduled session with Germany on human rights.

A look at the Dalai Lama's peripatetic travel schedule for the past few years makes it clear China protests most of his foreign trips, but it doesn't always seek revenge. Sometimes the protest alone does the trick.

Last year, for instance, a prestigious meeting of Nobel Peace Prize winners scheduled for South Africa had to be postponed because Pretoria bowed to Chinese objections and refused to give the Dalai Lama a visa.

Sometimes, too, the knowledge of China's reaction appears enough for some to keep the Dalai Lama at arm's length. In Canada, former prime ministers Jean Chretien and Brian Mulroney maintained a robust trading relationship with China but, perhaps coincidentally, neither one of them met the Dalai Lama while in office. Former prime minister Paul Martin did welcome him, but only on "neutral territory," away from Parliament Hill.

Soon after Prime Minister Stephen Harper took office, Canada's relations with China soured, however, and the Dalai Lama's stock rose significantly. He was awarded honorary Canadian citizenship in 2006 and Harper made a point of formally meeting him in his parliamentary office to have their picture taken together.

The Dalai Lama's next significant trip will be to the U.S. in mid-February and already China is warning of dire consequences if or when U.S. President Barack Obama meets him.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu told reporters this week: "We urge the U.S. to fully grasp the high sensitivity of the Tibetan issues, to prudently and appropriately deal with related matters and avoid bringing further damage to China-U.S. relations."

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