There are worrying signs that the new nationally secure future will include increasing efforts to discourage – and in due course perhaps to forbid – Hong Kong students from studying overseas. Facts are attributed to“some political figures,” “political figures,” “a political figure,” “the outside world,” “the political figure,” “reports,” “informed sources,” “it is estimated,” “a fact known to everyone in those circles,” and “political figures” again. Hong Kong Journalists Association. The idea that they are specifically directed at China, much less Hong Kong, is silly. Press freedom is guaranteed under the Basic Law, security law, Bill of Rights and Chinese constitution.