Sayed Gouda and Hong Kong

Gouda: It has become increasingly difficult to have hope for Hong Kong future as it is increasingly placed under Beijing control, Gouda said, according to Asahi Shimbun. After the sudden cancellation of his lectures at a university in Beijing in late January, he has started looking for a teaching post in Europe or North America. Sayed Gouda, 47, an Egyptian native who has lived in Hong Kong for more than two decades and attained Chinese citizenship in 2009, said he is now considering leaving his adopted home as he no longer has hope for Hong Kong. Economic development is important for sure, but unless you have freedom of speech, you won’t make a good global citizen, the writer said. While teaching literature at a Hong Kong university, Gouda was contacted by a college in Beijing last December with an offer to teach comparative literature for a semester between March and July. It is regrettable , but if there is an overseas university that offers me a teaching post, I will be leaving Hong Kong, he said. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.