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Wenfang Tang
Wenfang Tang
Wenfang Tang is Presidential Chair Professor and dean of the School of Humanities and Social Science at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. His research interests include political culture, mass politics, and public opinion surveys. He is completing a book on political culture in post-colonial Hong Kong.

There is no compelling evidence that the new national security law has in any way impinged on the many freedoms this city’s scholars enjoy. In fact, academia in Hong Kong is far more free than in the United States.

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While blame for the epidemic cannot be pinned solely on the Chinese government’s attempts to control and manipulate information, its heavy-handed approach has further eroded public trust. Beijing should beware the high price of an authoritarian regime.

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