2023年2月23日
貝淡寧
EJ Insight
The death of Hong Kong?
In 1996, I was offered an untenured post in the department of philosophy at the University of Hong Kong. What made the offer particularly attractive is that I could live in a large subsidized flat on Hong Kong Island, with a balcony overlooking the ocean. The main reason I was offered such beautiful accommodation, I came to realize, is that I am a white man from Canada.
Shortly after I arrived, a colleague from Hong Kong visited my flat and said – with barely concealed resentment – that he was not eligible for such a flat. Even more surprising, another colleague from mainland China told me the same thing. It's not just that locals were deprived of university flats. Even ethnic Chinese from a different country were not eligible. ...
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