A.C. Grayling On The Hong Kong Protests | Q&A

Drew Pavlou asked via Skype: I’m a student at the University of Queensland. On the 24th of July I helped to organize a pro Hong-Kong, pro-democracy rally on campus, and I was assaulted by a coordinated group of masked thugs. This was reported in the Australian and international press, but no Australian parliamentarian commented on it, and our university refused to issue an unequivocal statement condemning the pro-China supporters for their violence. Is this silence a product of the fact that the Chinese Communist Party has systematically bought the loyalty of key government and non-government institutions in this country?
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