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Quo vadis, Hong Kong?

A little over a year after the security law was passed, Hong Kong’s future has never been more uncertain. The US is warning foreign companies about arbitrary government action, courts obstruct trials of imprisoned opposition, young people are suspected of planning bomb attacks, and thousands are turning their backs on the city and moving abroad. Quo vadis, Hong Kong?

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Marcel Grzanna
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With the National Security Law for Hong Kong, the Chinese government sought to bring calm to the city. After months of mass protests in 2019 against Beijing’s growing influence, authorities declared “stabilization” a top priority by drastically tightening the law. Government leader Carrie Lam had also hoped to give foreign companies and investors the sense that, despite a political purge of the past 12 months, things would just carry on as before. Business as usual, so to speak.

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