In Hong Kong the silence has set in much more quickly.
I worked in Hong Kong’s once-cacophonous newsrooms and covered its boisterous protest rallies.
Now most Hong Kong journalists I know have fallen silent.
After a draconian national security law was imposed on Hong Kong in 2020, at least 12 news outlets closed down, including the popular, pro-democracy Apple Daily.
History is identity, and to challenge this foundational tenet of Hong Kongers’ experience is to assault their identity.