Hongkongers Must Live as We Always Have as Global Citizens

Hongkongers Must Live as We Always Have as Global Citizens
A suspected Chinese spy balloon drifts toward the ocean after being shot down off the South Carolina coast in Surfside Beach, S.C., on Feb. 4, 2023. Randall Hill/Reuters
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Global tensions are at an all-time high. The alleged “surveillance balloon program” across five continents from China that caught worldwide attention has set the stage for some bigger issues. On the third Monday in February, which resembles the federal holiday the, President’s Day in the United States, Joe Biden made a surprise visit to the capital city of Kyiv in Ukraine, and hosted a joint conference with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. It is a warzone visit, and in the bilateral meeting, president Biden’s speech was loud and clear. “It is not just about freedom in Ukraine… It’s about freedom of democracy at large.”

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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