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3 ways China benefits from the Hong Kong protests

  • Written by Deana Rohlinger, Professor of Sociology, Florida State University

The summer of 2019 has seen week after week of protest in Hong Kong.

The protests began June 9 when as many as a million people marched against a bill that could allow suspects to be extradited to China. Hong Kong’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, who was appointed by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in 2017, proclaimed the legislation dead days...

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