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Hong Kong is a dual test of the incoming Biden administration’s revised approach to China and the elevation of human rights and democracy. by Patrick M. Cronin Follow @PMCroninHudson on Twitter L When historians write of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s muscular moves to smother freedom, Hong Kong will feature prominently. Roiled by sustained and spontaneous protests throughout last year, Hong Kong’s umbrella movement which opened in 2014 has been slammed shut. First, the pandemic precluded large gatherings, and then a draconian new National Security Law enacted in the summer put dissenters in peril. Now the Hong Kong government has passed...
