Beijing’s ‘Good Friend’ Stephen Roach Banned From Talking About Hong Kong

Stephen Roach, former Morgan Stanley Asia chair, said he was prohibited from expressing differing opinions on Hong Kong at the recent China Development Forum.

Stephen Roach, senior fellow at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University, speaks on the panel "China's Future: The Sky Is Not Falling" at the 2016 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, Calif. on May 3, 2016. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Stephen Roach, former Morgan Stanley Asia chair and once considered Beijing’s “good friend,” said he was prohibited from expressing differing opinions on Hong Kong during his attendance at the China Development Forum in Beijing last week.

In late March, Mr. Roach was invited to attend the China Development Forum held at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing as the senior fellow at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs.