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WTF, Hong Kong?

WTF, Hong Kong?

FromThe Lawfare Podcast


WTF, Hong Kong?

FromThe Lawfare Podcast

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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Jul 2, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Early this week, about 200 protestors broke into and occupied the seat of Hong Kong's legislative assembly. The protests began with a controversial law about extradition to mainland China. That law was withdrawn but the protestors remain. There are hundreds of thousands of them—a small number of them violent. Today we ask: WTF, Hong Kong? To answer that question, Benjamin Wittes spoke with Alvin Cheung, an expert on Hong Kong's legal system based at New York University, and Sophia Yan, the China correspondent for The Telegraph in London who has been covering the Hong Kong protests (Lawfare Podcast listeners also know her for her musical prowess). They talked about where Hong Kong is now, what's really behind the demonstrations, where the anger is coming from, and where it's all going.
Released:
Jul 2, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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