Jitters in Hong Kong

Despite assurances, universities worry about their fate under Chinese rule

By James Hertling

Hong Kong -- In 1941, the first time the British pulled up stakes in Hong Kong, Chia-Wei Woo and his family did, too. They returned to China, where Mr. Woo had been born, because his father did not want to live under Japanese occupation in Hong Kong.

Now Mr. Woo is vice-chancellor and president...

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