From Tiananmen in 1989 to Hong Kong’s Ongoing Political Crackdown
People hold LED candles to mark the anniversary of the military suppression of a pro-democracy student movement in Beijing, outside Victoria Park in Hong Kong, on June 4, 2021. Kin Cheung/AP Photo
By the time this article is published, we have just a few days left before June 4, the 33rd anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre. With the imposition of the National Security Law (NSL) for almost 2 years, the political atmosphere in Hong Kong is tense, almost like at Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
Edward Chin
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Edward Chin was formerly country head of a UK publicly listed hedge fund, the largest of its kind measured by asset under management. Outside the hedge funds space, Chin is the convenor of the 2047 Hong Kong Monitor and a senior adviser of Reporters Without Borders. Chin studied speech communication at the University of Minnesota and received his MBA from the University of Toronto.
