Will Hong Kong Survive China's Crackdown?

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August 15, 2019 Topic: Security Region: Asia Blog Brand: The Skeptics Tags: Hong KongChinaDemocracyMilitaryXi Jinping

Will Hong Kong Survive China's Crackdown?

Hong Kong's democracy activists are playing with fire. Disorder is likely to yield repression from Beijing. The consequences for all sides could be calamitous.

Doug Bandow is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. He is a former special assistant to President Ronald Reagan and the author of several books, including Foreign Follies: America’s New Global Empire.

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