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Insight into Hong Kong's fight for democracy.

If you're concerned about global freedom and democracy, "Today Hong Kong, Tomorrow the World" might strike a chord with you. Mark L. Clifford provides an eye-opening account of China's crackdown in Hong Source, framing it as a cautionary tale for the world. It's a narrative that's as educational as it is disturbing, compelling readers to think deeply about the international implications of China's actions.

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Today Hong Kong, Tomorrow the World: What China's Crackdown Reveals About Its Plans to End Freedom Everywhere

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ISBN: 9781250279170
Authors: Mark L. Clifford
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Date of Publication: 2022-02-01
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: History, Sociology, Politics
Goodreads rating: 4.24
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A gripping history of China's deteriorating relationship with Hong Kong, and its implications for the rest of the world. For 150 years as a British colony, Hong Kong was a beacon of prosperity where people, money, and technology flowed freely, and residents enjoyed many civil liberties. In preparation for handing the territory over to China in 1997, Deng Xiaoping promised that it would remain highly autonomous for fifty years. An international treaty established a Special Administrative Region (SAR) with a far freer political system than that of Communist China―one with its own currency and government administration, a common-law legal system, and freedoms of press, speech, and religion. But as the halfway mark of the SAR’s lifespan approaches in 2022, it is clear that China has not kept its word. Universal suffrage and free elections have not been instituted, harassment and brutality have become normalized, and activists are being jailed en masse. To make matters worse, a national security law that further crimps Hong Kong’s freedoms has recently been decreed in Beijing. This tragic backslide has dire worldwide implications―as China continues to expand its global influence, Hong Kong serves as a chilling preview of how dissenters could be treated in regions that fall under the emerging superpower’s control. Today Hong Kong, Tomorrow the World tells the complete story of how a city once famed
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