"Protectionist policies are used by rulers as propaganda to keep people ignorant and malleable," says Ho Fei-peng, who argues that cultural industries are too connected to political regimes in most Oriental societies. Instead of expecting the government to implement protectionist measures on behalf of the publishing industry, wouldn't it be better to put one's faith in the "invisible hand" of the market?
「保護政策是統治者遂行愚民、政令宣導的作法，」何飛鵬不諱言地指出，東方社會文化產業與政權往往是連動的，與其期待政府對出版業設立保護措施，不如相信那隻「看不見的手」──市場機制，優勝劣敗，適者生存。