HONG KONG: After successfully muzzling Hong Kong’s democracy protests and opposition, Beijing’s loyalists are now taking aim at the arts as they seek to impose mainland-style orthodoxy on culture and purge the city of dissent.
Newly built on Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour, M+ Museum aims to rival Western contemporary heavyweights like London’s Tate Modern and New York’s MoMA.
The 60,000 square-metre venue is finally set to open later this year after multiple delays. But it has already found itself in hot water.
Earlier this week a group of prominent pro-Beijing local politicians accused the museum of…
