Only by preserving our freedom of information flows, openness to foreign capital and visitors and an appetite for vigorous, critical debate can we live up to our role as China’s pressure valve and a unique site for forward-thinking experimentation. This is how we can best serve China and the world.
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Second, our higher education and academic sector must serve as knowledge exchange incubators enriching China’s understanding of and research ties with the rest of the world. Hong Kong universities should strategically court top academics and researchers from around the world.
Third, the public and private sectors must both strive to make use of Hong Kong as a leading site for track-II engagements and dialogue. Now that the dust has settled on various pieces of national security legislation, the city must show that it can still serve as a conduit for important conversations between leading business figures, top financiers and intellectuals who can exert influence on decision-makers.
To fix US-China relations, we must centre the lives of ordinary people
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In inviting and hosting in-depth discussions with experts who are constructively critical and not opposed to China’s success, Hong Kong can play an instrumental role in allowing Chinese bureaucrats and policymakers to seek truth from facts. By telling a truthful and comprehensive story of the world to China, the city can thus demonstrate to Beijing that the uniqueness of Hong Kong’s system is not a liability but an invaluable asset.
Brian Wong is an assistant professor in philosophy at the University of Hong Kong, and a Rhodes Scholar and adviser on strategy for the Oxford Global Society