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Do Hong Kong Demonstrations Possibly Mean the End of the Chinese Communist Party?

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Do Hong Kong Demonstrations Possibly Mean the End of the Chinese Communist Party?
Chinese leader Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Hong Kong's new Chief Executive Carrie Lam (L) during their meeting in Hong Kong on July 1, 2017. Billy H.C. Kwok/AFP/Getty Images
Steven W. Mosher
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The largest demonstration in Chinese history took place in Hong Kong on June 16. An estimated 2 million people, or more than a quarter of the city’s population of 7.3 million, took to the streets.
Steven W. Mosher
Steven W. Mosher
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Steven W. Mosher is the president of the Population Research Institute and the author of “Bully of Asia: Why China’s Dream is the New Threat to World Order.” A former National Science Foundation fellow, he studied human biology at Stanford University under famed geneticist Luigi Cavalli-Sforza. He holds advanced degrees in Biological Oceanography, East Asian Studies, and Cultural Anthropology. One of America’s leading China watchers, he was selected in 1979 by the National Science Foundation to be the first American social scientist to do field research in China.
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