In recent years, Chinese companies have increasingly resorted to legal action against researchers in the United States, Europe, and Australia, aiming to suppress negative information about their business practices. Reports indicate that these companies have issued lawsuits or threatening legal letters nearly a dozen times, with approximately half of these actions occurring in the past two years. This trend has raised concerns among researchers, who fear that such litigation could silence critics of Chinese corporate misconduct.
近年来,多家中国公司向西方研究人员提起诉讼或发出威胁性律师函,试图压制负面信息。研究人员警告,中国公司的这些举动可能会让揭露中国不良商业行为的批评者噤声。https://t.co/I3TAG4MWmW
Chinese companies have sued or sent threatening legal letters to researchers in the United States, Europe and Australia close to a dozen times in recent years in an attempt to quash negative information, with half of those coming in the past two years. https://t.co/rdWaNyKilF
I recently had someone say they couldn't work together because they and the funders were worried about Chinese litigation. https://t.co/EDuTbsCgBE