“To be an arts and cultural centre, Hong Kong must first make clear censorship ‘red lines’” | SCMP

It may be unseasonably warm here in Hong Kong for November but the chill is settling in within the cultural sphere. As the bodies (of work) pile up under the censor's knife – and those are just the ones we know about – the increasingly random nature of what is banned is throwing Hong Kong's much-vaunted future as a "centre for international cultural exchange", as envisioned in the national 14th five-year plan, into doubt.

Very sad. Art should not have "red lines". While our chief executive berates the Wall Street Journal for pointing out this increase in censorship. More…