Hong Kong in Accelerated Exodus Mode

Hong Kong in Accelerated Exodus Mode
An 18-year-old high school student who was injured in the 2019 anti-extradition movement was standing outside a university in Hong Kong on June 2, 2020. Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images
Edward Chin
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An analyst from Hong Kong just sent me a visual image and message. It is a front cover picture, depicting Xi Jinping in a Chinese emperor gown from a few years back. It was actually the front cover portrait of the Economist magazine. The reason why this analyst sent this satirical picture to me, has to do with the 20th CCP National Congress in China which takes place in mid-October, and whether Xi, as the current leader of China, can rule the most populated country on earth for the third term—or “forever.”

Edward Chin
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.
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