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由于卡尔加里大学(UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY) 多次邀请并授予达赖喇嘛荣誉学位,中国教育部已将卡尔加里大学从其认证的海外大学名单上移出。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。
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/China+removes+accreditation+from+University+Calgary+after+Dalai+Lama+honour/2521297/story.html
CALGARY — The Chinese government has removed the University of Calgaryfrom its list of accredited institutions — a move school officials areconcerned 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.
InDecember, officials were made aware the Chinese government had removedthe university from a list posted on the Ministry of Education'swebsite.
Now the university is trying to see what impact thatwill have on Chinese nationals who have already obtained a degree orare working toward one at the institution.
"Our biggest concernis we don't want to disadvantage current or prospective students or ouralumni," university spokeswoman Colleen Turner said Wednesday.
The Chinese government has made no official communication to the university indicating what it has done or why.
Theuniversity learned of the move late last year after an employee in theinternational student centre and a handful of students raised theissue. They did not indicate to the university how they heard about themove, Turner said.
While there has been no confirmation thesanction is a result of the university's involvement in the DalaiLama's visit, Turner said the university is concerned there is a link.
Aspokeswoman with the Chinese consulate in Calgary would not respond toquestions about why the government removed the university's name,saying only cryptically that the U of C "should know."
TheHerald has learned officials from the Chinese consulate in Calgary metwith university representatives in April when they outlined they didnot want the Dalai Lama on the campus and they were against him beingawarded an honorary degree.
The spiritual leader did not go tothe campus, but was given an honorary doctor of laws at the start ofthe two-day conference on Sept. 30.
He has been awarded morethan 25 honorary degrees from institutions around the world, includingthe University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University andUniversity of Toronto and others in the U.S., Italy, Australia andGermany.
"We knew at the time the decision to bring in the DalaiLama would not be without controversy. All of that said, the decisionto bring in the Dalai Lama was not intended to dishonour or disvalueour 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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