Commentary
In late December, the Voice of America reported that Hong Kong’s Dec. 19, 2021, election had “almost completely eliminated pro-democracy voices from the former British colony’s Legislative Council”—colloquially called the Legco.
Students wearing black graduation gowns and masks stand in front of the Goddess of Democracy statue at the Chinese University of Hong Kong campus as they hold up black balloons in Hong Kong, China, on Nov. 19, 2020. Anthony Kwan/Getty Images
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Austin Bay
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Austin Bay is a colonel (ret.) in the U.S. Army Reserve, author, syndicated columnist, and teacher of strategy and strategic theory at the University of Texas–Austin. His latest book is “Cocktails from Hell: Five Wars Shaping the 21st Century.”
