Academic freedom fears as China erodes Hong Kong funding divide

Dollars, not diktats, now seen as biggest risk to institutional autonomy in special administrative region

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January 3, 2019
Last updated
January 15, 2019
John Ross
Hong Kong
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Reader's comments (2)

#1 Submitted by TTedu on January 3, 2019 - 10:48am
I am more interested to know what specific conditions are attached with Beijing funding. I am even more interested to know whether HongKong would be less worried if funding is from Washington or London?
#2 Submitted by Brido on January 4, 2019 - 8:50am
I'd be quite interesed to know (since the article doesn't say) if these are new cross-border funding streams in addition to the existing ones; or replacements for previous HK-only schemes. It would seem odd to complain about academia getting access to more money, but stranger things have happened when politics are involved.

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