I pushed for press freedom in Hong Kong. The Wall Street Journal fired me.

> The Journal, my supervisor said, did not want its reporters seen calling for greater freedoms—because, unlike in Western nations, it is not an established principle in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong ranked pretty high in Press Freedom: 18th in 2002, around 60th before 2014 (when Xi took power and the Umbrella protest broke out), then it went downhill and suddenly dropped to lower than 130th after the 2019 protest and the recent national security law [1].

It is an uphill battle under the rule of an authoritarian government which disregards freedom.

[1]: See the graph “Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index: Hong Kong” at https://hongkongfp.com/2024/07/19/wall-st-journal-union-urge...