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China’s ‘Diplomat’ Gets Violent

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China’s ‘Diplomat’ Gets Violent
Iain Duncan Smith, the former leader of the British Conservative Party, and Bob Chan, the Hongkonger who was dragged into the Chinese Consulate, at a press conference in London on Oct. 19, 2022. Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images
Anders Corr
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On Oct. 16, one of China’s consul generals in England reportedly stormed through a group of pro-democracy protesters in Manchester, kicking and tearing down posters, and pulling a man by the hair onto the consulate grounds. There, a consulate enforcement squad, some of whom wore riot gear, brutally beat the protester.
Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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