ABSTRACT
The retrocession of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty has far-reaching implications for the academic profession in Hong Kong's universities. The greater global integration of academics in Hong Kong is as much a function of technological resources as of academic freedom. Continued integration into the global academy will help to ensure academic freedom as well as improve the quality of education and the standard of research. Such international engagement seems assured with so many faculties from the United Kingdom, Commonwealth countries, and the United States. Although China's universities have become more open, with larger numbers of academic staff engaged in international exchange, Hong Kong's professionals remain more international in composition. Nevertheless, academic internationalism in Hong Kong usually is associated with links to Australia, Britain, Canada, and the United States, while China's is more globally inclusive.
