The ‘China Miracle’ Is Over

The Beijing Model has been exposed in Hong Kong and in the shifting global supply chains for the lie that it is

Demonstrators hold up their hands to symbolise the five demands that protesters are asking for, as they take part in a pro-democracy rally in Hong Kong's Tuen Mun district on Sept. 21, 2019. Philip Fong/AFP/Getty Images

Commentary

After almost six months of major disruptions in the China-ruled financial hub of Hong Kong, why hasn’t the Chinese regime crushed the ongoing protests? The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is garrisoned in Hong Kong and the People’s Armed Police, a paramilitary force, has been positioned in nearby Shenzhen for weeks. Are their so-called “military drills” still in process?