Jacob Stokes on China’s Hong Kong Policy

May 27, 2020 00:09:48
Jacob Stokes on China’s Hong Kong Policy
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Jacob Stokes on China’s Hong Kong Policy

May 27 2020 | 00:09:48

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Show Notes

After Beijing passed a new law curtailing freedom in Hong Kong, protests have again erupted in the territory. USIP’s Jacob Stokes says Hong Kong’s democracy poses a threat to Beijing’s legitimacy, and that if China “can’t produce enough economic growth … then that threat … becomes much more acute.”

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