Chapter 1246 - Made Headlines Again? (1/2)

In addition to the specimens being exhibited, the protests of more than 30 professors in front of the office were also broadcasted.

Online.

On Twitter.

On Facebook.

On the social media platform dominated by western crowds, the platforms were all enraged after they learned the news.

“Even Martin Karplus has been rejected? What do Celestial Trade want to do?!”

“And Michael Levitt, I know him, he is an outstanding alumnus of Cambridge!”

“Although I don’t recognize these names, why are they stopping us from participating in the research? Why?”

“It feels like going back to the Cold War era, an iron curtain is falling from the Pacific Ocean…”

“This is obstructing academic freedom!”

“…”

The voices on social media were divided into two distinct sides, some expressed their understanding. After all, Celestial Trade collected the specimens. While the other side condemned Celestial Trade for the lack of social responsibility and the use of Cold War mentality to obstruct academic freedom.

Of course, most people followed the event for the drama. After all, Heart of the Sea’s venue allowed free entry and many tourists took photos and posted them on their social media account. Many were also able to satisfy their curiosity of the Mars creature.

As for “academic freedom” and “Cold War mentality”, only a few cared about these two schools of thought.

In the eyes of most people, what was the fuss about being able to see a few specimens?

These disputes on Facebook and Twitter were blocked outside an impenetrable firewall to the audience in Hua. However, many people still watched the BBC video that was uploaded and learned about the incident and expressed their thoughts.

Not on Facebook and Twitter.

On Weibo.

On WeChat.

And on Future 1.0.

It was a completely contrary set of opinions.

“Celestial Trade is OP!”

“Haha, so what if they’re angry. They didn’t bring us onto the ISS. They placed a blockade on high-precision CNC and technology for half a century. I didn’t see them yelling about academic freedom and science without borders!”

“They were asked to join Earth Defense Alliance and refused. As to why you are not allowed to participate, ask your leader.”

When there was a lot of discussion on social media, the traditional media also covered this matter.

Finally, the committee of the Earth Defense Alliance held a press conference to specifically address this matter.

Kelvin spoke in front of the media, “The Earth Defense Alliance has rights to selectively release research on extraterrestrial biology and civilization to the international community. This is mainly due to security considerations and the decision is jointly made by all member states. Please do not over-interpret the decision.”

However, how can this situation not be over-interpreted?

For the behemoth known as the Earth Defense Alliance, any decision could be studied closely by major think tanks. In particular, the professors had already called out to their students to sign a petition. By now, the petition already exceeded 100,000 signatures which must be addressed by the government.