Beijing spins its narrative of history in today's Hong Kong
Beijing spins its narrative of history in today's Hong Kong
- March 4, 2026
- Jeffrey Wasserstrom, history and Long Institute affiliate, Nikkei Asia, March 4, 2026
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Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Chancellor’s Professor of history at the UC Irvine and Victoria Jones write, “The most chilling example of this campaign to control the memory of 2019 is found at the Hong Kong Museum of History. A tour of it now begins in what is known as the National Security Exhibition Gallery, where groups of schoolchildren on field trips are taken through its halls. … Beijing's goal in imposing the NSL was to ensure that the 2019 protest wave would be the last of its kind. The move was, therefore, in some senses a final conquest of Hong Kong, and the exhibit is evidence of the completion of this process.”
For the full story, please visit https://asia.nikkei.com/opinion/beijing-spins-its-narrative-of-history-in-today-s-hong-kong.
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