Jan Currie is professor emeritus in the Centre for Social and Community Research at Murdoch University.Carole J. Petersen is associate professor in the faculty of law and former director of the Centre for Comparative and Public Law at the University of Hong Kong.Ka Ho Mok is chair in East Asian Studies and director of the Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Bristol and the former Associate Dean in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the City University of Hong Kong.

A challenge of having three authors in one book is maintaining a consistent voice. Currie, Petersen, and Mok navigate this challenge quite well. They also bring to light the distinctive and precarious life that scholars in Hong Kong Lead. Academic Freedom in Hong Kong is an important addition to the expanding literature on academic freedom and university life in developing nations.

• Chapter 1 Academic Freedom as a ConceptChapter 2 Legitimacy Crises in Hong KongChapter 3 Robert Chung AffairChapter 4 Article 23 and ProtestsChapter 5 Perception of Academic FreedomChapter 6 Practice of Academic FreedomChapter 7 Preserving Academic Freedom

Jan Currie is professor emeritus in the Centre for Social and Community Research at Murdoch University.Carole J. Petersen is associate professor in the faculty of law and former director of the Centre for Comparative and Public Law at the University of Hong Kong.Ka Ho Mok is chair in East Asian Studies and director of the Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Bristol and the former Associate Dean in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the City University of Hong Kong.

A challenge of having three authors in one book is maintaining a consistent voice. Currie, Petersen, and Mok navigate this challenge quite well. They also bring to light the distinctive and precarious life that scholars in Hong Kong Lead. Academic Freedom in Hong Kong is an important addition to the expanding literature on academic freedom and university life in developing nations.

• Chapter 1 Academic Freedom as a ConceptChapter 2 Legitimacy Crises in Hong KongChapter 3 Robert Chung AffairChapter 4 Article 23 and ProtestsChapter 5 Perception of Academic FreedomChapter 6 Practice of Academic FreedomChapter 7 Preserving Academic Freedom

Jan Currie is professor emeritus in the Centre for Social and Community Research at Murdoch University.Carole J. Petersen is associate professor in the faculty of law and former director of the Centre for Comparative and Public Law at the University of Hong Kong.Ka Ho Mok is chair in East Asian Studies and director of the Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Bristol and the former Associate Dean in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the City University of Hong Kong.

A challenge of having three authors in one book is maintaining a consistent voice. Currie, Petersen, and Mok navigate this challenge quite well. They also bring to light the distinctive and precarious life that scholars in Hong Kong Lead. Academic Freedom in Hong Kong is an important addition to the expanding literature on academic freedom and university life in developing nations.

• Chapter 1 Academic Freedom as a ConceptChapter 2 Legitimacy Crises in Hong KongChapter 3 Robert Chung AffairChapter 4 Article 23 and ProtestsChapter 5 Perception of Academic FreedomChapter 6 Practice of Academic FreedomChapter 7 Preserving Academic Freedom