Honi Soit included articles that no one could mistake for conservative. There was a “queer, anti-capitalist love letter” to the video game Stardew Valley and another taking aim at Western museums which, the article opined, are “irrevocably entrenched in imperialism, European supremacy and colonial violence”. But there was also an investigation of two Sydney University academics who, according to the student newspaper, had not fully disclosed connections to Chinese talent recruitment programs. Editors of Sydney University’s student newspaper, the Honi Soit, pulled an article some students claimed reeked “of McCarthyism 2.0”. Credit:Steven Siewert The reaction from other students was swift. They accused the piece of implicitly suggesting the academics were risking national security and “reeking of McCarthyism 2.0” amid rising fears of Sinophobia. Hours later,