The Last Bit of Hong Kong We Know Is Also Running Out of Time

The Last Bit of Hong Kong We Know Is Also Running Out of Time
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (4th L) attends a meeting with China's leader Xi Jinping (R) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 19, 2023. Leah Millis/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
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In this day and age, everyone is opinionated. In politics, it is the great divide. In mainland China, netizens have long had a far outcry for more freedom, transparency, and democracy; but under paramount leader Xi, free speech is not a given. For Hongkongers, whether they still live in the once-famed international city or overseas, the extreme makeover over the last few years has been more than surreal. The month of June has been a month of “remembrance,” both from a social movement and political standpoint.

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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