The world should study China’s crushing of Hong Kong’s freedoms
Repression in Hong Kong is a work in progress, and a revealing window on the party’s worldview
“HONG KONG is becoming less and less relevant,” says a Western diplomat in the city. On the face of it, that is an odd claim. Lots of foreign governments take Hong Kong seriously, noting each step of the financial centre’s journey towards autocracy.
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This article appeared in the China section of the print edition under the headline “Hong Kong’s lessons for the world ”
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