Hong Kong’s Flickering Hopes for Freedom

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As Xi Jinping asserts his authority ever more aggressively, he may well be willing to sacrifice Hong Kong’s prosperity, writes gerardtbaker

Last week, two days after one of the most violent protests in Hong Kong since China resumed control of the territory in 1997, Thomas, a 20-year-old medical student who declined to give his last name, was still helping to clean up and replenish supplies at an emergency medical station outside the headquarters of the territory’s government.

He had spent the better part of a day ferrying wounded protesters from the streets to his first-aid tent nearby. In unprecedented scenes in this city once seen, somewhat patronizingly,...

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