China Policy Institute Blog

Banned As A Hate Speech: When Rules Are Not Made To Be Broken

By Sam Beatson. The recent overreaction of a Hong Kong resident towards a mother and daughter breaching “no eating” rules on the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway (MTR) was met by the response of a Peking University academic. Professor Kong Qingdong branded some Hong Kongers “dogs” and “not human.” YouTube.com banned Kong’soutbursts as a hate …