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On Aug 18 Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said at a regular briefing that China opposes broadening the concept of national security to restrict or suppress normal international education and research cooperation. The comment followed reports that Australian foreign minister Penny Wong asked the Australian National University and the University of Queensland to terminate cooperation agreements with Shandong University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.