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PATRICK LAWRENCE: Hong Kong’s Inevitable Showdown

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Hong Kong’s Inevitable Showdown

August 16, 2019 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

This reckoning with Beijing’s authority was baked into the cake 22 years ago when the Union Jack came down over Government House. It is impossible not to admire the bravery and commitment pro-democracy demonstrators display daily as they clog Hong…

In Hong Kong, the Democrats Will Go Down Swinging

In Hong Kong, the Democrats Will Go Down Swinging

October 6, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

China has unleashed its thugs on the peaceful demonstrators Beijing wants to turn Hong Kong into Singapore—sort of. “You get a refrigerator, a TV, and a small car, but no voice.” It is hard to read the news reports and…

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