https://www.scmp.com/rss/506595/feed Daniel C. Tsang is a visiting scholar at Chinese University of Hong Kong and Distinguished Librarian Emeritus at University of California, Irvine. He is an advocate for preserving social movement artifacts and records. Twice the recipient of a Fulbright Research Scholar award, his writings and activism span Asian American, anti-surveillance, and sexual liberation causes. A native Hongkonger, he travels regularly between Hong Kong and California. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Librarianship can be said to run in my blood. My mum, born in Seattle, was hired in 1961 to be a school librarian at Diocesan Girls’ School. I also recall my fortnightly forays across the harbour with mum up the steep slope of Ice House Street, to the welcoming air conditioning of the modern, well-stocked United States Information Service library, where I checked out numerous books, especially mysteries, which intrigued me as a boy. At 17, I moved to California to attend university, and later... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3093448/national-security-law-hong-kongs-librarians-must-stand-firm-protect?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3093448/national-security-law-hong-kongs-librarians-must-stand-firm-protect?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Jul 2020 22:30:05 +0000