Hong Kong’s ever-adaptable dissenters
The city’s protesters are using unconventional methods to navigate a legal minefield.
Antony Dapiran
Antony Dapiran is a Hong Kong-based writer and lawyer, and the author of the book City on Fire: The Fight for Hong Kong. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, New Statesman, The Guardian, Foreign Policy, Quartz and elsewhere. He is a regular commentator on television and radio, including BBC, CNN, CNBC and Australia's ABC.
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Hong Kong has a new ‘Party Secretary’, a new all-powerful government agency, and a new basis to charge the opposition as terrorists. The National Security Law effectively replicates in Hong Kong the same Party and government structure that exists in the rest of China – and the implications are profound.
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China’s new security law makes life near impossible for the territory’s pan-democrats
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Uncertainty about the implications a new law could undermine the city’s hard-won status as an international legal center.
Hong Kong's own leaders have sacrificed its autonomy
If Hong Kong has become a pawn between the US and China, it is because Carrie Lam and her government have allowed it.
No place for Tiananmen vigil in China's new Hong Kong
Days after China moved to enact new security laws, Hong Kong’s police refused permission for an annual vigil honoring the victims of the Tiananmen Square protests.
‘The End of Hong Kong as We Know It’
Previous demonstrations in the city were colorful, hopeful, and exuberant. Rallies this summer have been more forlorn.
Singin' About A Revolution
The soundtrack of this year's Hong Kong protests marks a somber turn from the Umbrella Movement
