As Xi Jinping tightens his grip on China, fear chills free speech in Hong Kong

Chinese President Xi Jinping has cracked down on dissent within Hong Kong and other regions Hong Kong — President Xi Jinping further tightened his grip on power in China this week. After a decade in power, he is expected to be anointed by the Communist Party he leads for another term. His assertive approach at home and abroad has led to increasingly tense relations with neighboring island Taiwan, and a dramatic tightening of control over Hong Kong. Hong Kong was a British territory for more than a century, allowing it to develop an open civil society and vibrant free press….