The university had faced widespread calls from members of the pro-Beijing establishment to dismiss Mr. Tai. But his supporters argued that dismissing him would undermine academic freedom that has already been imperiled by a new national security law imposed by Beijing.
Let’s put it this way: Academic freedom means zero in Hong Kong now that the iron fist of Xi Jinping has come down hard.
During the first week of July, the number of households with children that reported not having enough to eat was 13,570,374, according to an analysis of U.S. census data by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Council on Contemporary Families. Before March 13, the day the federal government declared a national emergency, the number was 12,046,456.
That’s an increase of more than 1.5 million households in just four months, from 12.8% to 14.5%.
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