Book
Our responsibility / Sheng yu luan shi, you zhong ze ren
Original title: 生於亂世, 有種責任
Our responsibility / Sheng yu luan shi, you zhong ze ren is a book by Shuping Zhou. The source page records removal or withholding in public libraries amid the post-2020 tightening of Hong Kong's public reading infrastructure.
Description
About the work
Our responsibility / Sheng yu luan shi, you zhong ze ren is a book by Shuping Zhou. The source page records removal or withholding in public libraries amid the post-2020 tightening of Hong Kong's public reading infrastructure.
Even with sparse bibliographic metadata, the work is interesting because its very availability became part of a struggle over Hong Kong's public sphere. As a book, it can be read not only for subject matter but for the way form, tone, and circulation make a text feel dangerous, intimate, or politically usable to anxious officials.
It also matters as part of a wider censorship history in Hong Kong. The present page is a dossier starter built from source-tracked ban records; the surviving note currently says: The source page records removal or withholding in public libraries amid the post-2020 tightening of Hong Kong's public reading infrastructure. More publication history, translations, and close reading can be added later.
Overview
Why it was banned
Our responsibility / Sheng yu luan shi, you zhong ze ren entered censorship debates as a book associated with hong kong, political memory, politics, public argument, and state power. In the current dossier, the main state objections cluster around national security, political dissent, and political control.
The earliest event currently captured here is 2021-05-29 in Hong Kong, where Hong Kong public libraries and other government-managed collections removed from government-managed collections. The source page records removal or withholding in public libraries amid the post-2020 tightening of Hong Kong's public reading infrastructure. The source page records removal or withholding in public libraries amid the post-2020 tightening of Hong Kong's public reading infrastructure.
The record already stretches across Hong Kong, which is why the page should be read as a cross-border censorship trail rather than a single isolated dispute.
This page is intentionally incomplete. The ban history is a starter dataset, not a final census of every jurisdiction or decree.
Counter and critical readings
Context, rebuttals, and criticism
- The Origins of Totalitarianism Hannah Arendt
A foundational analysis of state terror, propaganda, and ideological conformity.
- On Tyranny Timothy Snyder
A short modern guide to resisting authoritarian politics and controlled public discourse.
- 100 Banned Books: Censorship Histories of World Literature Nicholas J. Karolides, Margaret Bald, and Dawn B. Sova
A compact reference on how censorship systems moved across states, churches, and courts.
- Banned Books: 387 B.C. to 1978 A.D. Anne Lyon Haight
Useful for comparing older obscenity, heresy, and political bans with modern free-speech disputes.
Ban history
Known government actions
| Date | Jurisdiction | Action | Reason | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-29 | Hong Kong | removed from government-managed collections | The source page records removal or withholding in public libraries amid the post-2020 tightening of Hong Kong's public reading infrastructure. | The source page records removal or withholding in public libraries amid the post-2020 tightening of Hong Kong's public reading infrastructure. |
| 2022-06-27 | Hong Kong | removed from government-managed collections | The source page records removal or withholding in government e-book and database services amid the post-2020 tightening of Hong Kong's public reading infrastructure. | The source page records removal or withholding in government e-book and database services amid the post-2020 tightening of Hong Kong's public reading infrastructure. |
Sources
Harvested references for this page
- Wikipedia: Book censorship in Hong Kong reference partial
- Wikipedia REST summary API database partial
- The Origins of Totalitarianism book not started
- On Tyranny book not started
- 100 Banned Books: Censorship Histories of World Literature book partial
- Banned Books: 387 B.C. to 1978 A.D. book partial