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CCP’s Transformation of Hong Kong in Its Own Image Is Becoming More Apparent

Beijing’s increasing dominance in Hong Kong is driving out the rest of the world and detracting from the city’s global significance.
CCP’s Transformation of Hong Kong in Its Own Image Is Becoming More Apparent
Police officers patrol at the Causeway Bay district near Victoria Park where people traditionally gathered annually to mourn the victims of China's Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, in Hong Kong on June 4, 2024. Anthony Kwan/Getty Images
Milton Ezrati
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Beijing is making Hong Kong more like communist China by the day. In one respect, that must make Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping happy. But by driving out the Americans and the rest of the world, this trend also reduces Hong Kong’s global significance and consequently works against the CCP’s ambition to become financially, economically, and diplomatically dominant.

Milton Ezrati
Milton Ezrati
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Milton Ezrati is a contributing editor at The National Interest, an affiliate of the Center for the Study of Human Capital at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), and chief economist for Vested, a New York-based communications firm. Before joining Vested, he served as chief market strategist and economist for Lord, Abbett & Co. He also writes frequently for City Journal and blogs regularly for Forbes. His latest book is "Thirty Tomorrows: The Next Three Decades of Globalization, Demographics, and How We Will Live."