Naypyidaw, Sep 25 (IANS) China’s wrongful detention of American citizen Min Zin raises concerns over a chilling effect on US academic research, with scholars increasingly wary of conducting critical work on China, a report has stated. It noted that US research in international and area studies relies heavily on access—something that repressive regimes can restrict or deny. Scholars studying China may increasingly feel that writing critically about Beijing or speaking out for a wrongfully detaine