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Hong Kong Braces for Troubled Times After China Imposes a Draconian New Law

Hong Kong Braces for Troubled Times After China Imposes a Draconian New Law

FromGlobal Dispatches -- World News That Matters


Hong Kong Braces for Troubled Times After China Imposes a Draconian New Law

FromGlobal Dispatches -- World News That Matters

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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Jul 8, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In recent years, as China has become more powerful on the world stage, the Chinese Communist Party has sought to erode Hong Kong's political independence. In fact, on June 30th, the Chinese government passed a so-called National Security Law that criminalized free speech and political activity in Hong Kong. Additionally, last year at this time there were massive peaceful protests against a law that Beijing sought to impose on Hong Kong that would permit the extradition of people from Hong Kong to China. In the year since, police and pro-Beijing authorities have cracked down on protests. And now, with this fully new law, people are being arrested for the signs they are waving. "This law," says my guest Victoria Tin-Bor Hui, "means the One China, Two Systems model is dead."  Victoria Tin-Bor Hui is an associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame. We discuss the content of the new National Security Law before having a broader conversation about its political and social implications of this new era for Hong Kong. https://www.patreon.com/GlobalDispatches https://www.undispatch.com/
Released:
Jul 8, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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