The east should not simply follow the west, but jointly search for universal values, says Ying Chan, director of the journalism and media centre at Hong Kong University.
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The east should not simply follow the west, but jointly search for universal values, says Ying Chan, director of the journalism and media centre at Hong Kong University.
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Free Speech Debate is a research project of the Dahrendorf Programme for the Study of Freedom at St Antony's College in the University of Oxford. www.freespeechdebate.ox.ac.uk
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Right on! Thanks Professor Chan.
It is crucial that freedom of expression be seen and understood as a deeply-rooted, local value in non-western societies like Hong Kong, rather than as a Western transplant. That’s especially true as we enter a “post-western” world. But this is easier said than done.