British Hong Kong

Mary Kay Magistad in Hong Kong

Beijing’s usual playbook of control won’t work in Hong Kong

Global Politics

Reporter Mary Kay Magistad spent 20 years reporting on China, and says Hong Kong’s ingrained culture of law and rights is too powerful for Beijing’s normal methods of control to work. And that’s in large part because Beijing has ignored the city’s real opinions.

Hong Kong returned to Chinese sovereignty after 156 years of British colonial rule. The handover ceremony shows the Chinese flag flying after the Union flag was lowered on July 1, 1997.

Hong Kong still holds powerful symbolic meaning for China

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