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We already know, since the beginning of history, the names of the victims and the culprits.\u00a0Yet, as in Gabriel Garcia M\u00e1rquez’s novel, no one seems to care …<\/p>\n
Between Covid-19, a new law on national security and police repression of pro-democracy movements, the universities of Hong Kong are currently increasing the offers intended to retain young Hong Kong people who would withdraw from their admission to a foreign university for health reasons, visa, or simply for the uncertainty related to the international context.\u00a0Scholarships, financial aid and other incentives are\u00a0also offered<\/a>\u00a0to foreign students who would like to change destination and fall back to Hong Kong because of its relative health security and its control of the epidemic.<\/p>\n The effective and admirable communication of universities such as Hongkong University, Chinese University of Hongkong or Baptist University in reality hides a structural and deep crisis.<\/p>\n With its status as a special administrative region, Hong Kong is a Chinese territory enjoying semi-autonomy.\u00a0When it was handed over to the People’s Republic of China in 1997, this former British colony had obtained from the Chinese Communist Party the commitment to guarantee for 50 years the maintenance for its citizens of the lifestyle, the political regime and fundamental freedoms (expression , press, association, etc.) which they had enjoyed until then.<\/p>\n The coming to power of Xi Jinping in 2012 as party secretary, then in 2013 as president of the People’s Republic of China, was a game-changer.\u00a0Beijing seems in a hurry to bring the Hong Kong people up to the standards of mainland China, without waiting for 2047. The principle “One country, two systems” seems seriously compromised.<\/p>\nPolitical context<\/strong><\/h4>\n