West must not 'demonize' China, Confucian scholar Daniel Bell warns

Writer and professor says making Chinese leaders paranoid is dangerous

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Daniel Bell signing copies of his book, "The Dean of Shandong," at the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents' Club. (Courtesy of Daniel Bell)

ZOE FRECHIN-POLLARD, Nikkei staff writer

LONDON -- The West's "demonization" of China leads indirectly to a restriction of academic freedom and increased security threats, prominent Confucian scholar Daniel Bell said recently at an event held by a London university.

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