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2015 Dec.14

The Mainlandization of Hong Kong

I wrote the following for the Nikkei Asian Review. The original is here. December 14, 2015 7:00 pm JST David Schlesinger SCMP sale another step in Hong Kong’s real transition From being a place that prided itself on a distinctive identity separate from the system and influence of China, Hong Kong..

2015 Oct.01

Don’t Tamper With the Special Sauce! My Thoughts on Hong Kong’s Future

David SchlesingerChina

How does academic freedom in Hong Kong reflect on its future? I’m part of a ChinaFile conversation. The whole debate is here. My contribution is: What is it that makes a place work? What is it that separates a world city from a second- or third-tier city? More specifically, what is it that has made..

2015 Jan.31

The Great Fire Wall and the Great Wall

David SchlesingerChina, Media

I’m part of a China File discussion about China’s increasing restrictions on the internet, called “Is China’s Internet Becoming an Intranet?” The full discussion is here. And my contribution is reproduced below: What matters today is not whether the Great Wall kept the barbarians out. In fact it did not; eventually they entered in..