US law society’s Hong Kong conference plan meets scholar resistance
Politics
Academics cite potential harassment, undue scrutiny by city’s authorities and Beijing
Riot police fire tear gas into crowds protesting Hong Kong’s national security law on the 23rd anniversary of Britain’s handover of the city to China on July 1, 2020. Scholars worry that attendees to the Law and Society Association’s annual meeting in Hong Kong could fall foul of the wide-ranging law. © Reuters
LONDON — Scholars are up in arms over U.S.-based Law and Society Association’s decision to hold its annual meeting in Hong Kong next year, saying the plan implies tacit approval of China’s harsh national security law and puts attendees at risk of reprisals from Beijing.
