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Re: BREAKING: 14 pro-democracy activists convicted of subversion in Hong Kong

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China is foolish here for several reasons.

But from a pure economic perspective, Hong Kong is the goose that laid the golden egg for China. Its growth depends upon Hong Kong's international financial clout. And Hong Kong's role as a financial centre depends upon freedom and the rle of law. Take that away and it is, well, just anther piece of an autocratic state in which the investment incentives are relatively narrow.


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BREAKING: 14 pro-democracy activists convicted of subversion in Hong Kong
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Thu, 30 May 24 11:01 AM
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BREAKING: 14 pro-democracy activists convicted of subversion in Hong Kong
A Hong Kong court found 14 out of 16 pro-democracy activists guilty of conspiring to subvert the state in the territory’s largest single case under a national security law imposed by Beijing.

The defendants found guilty, who could be sentenced to life in prison, are among 47 politicians and other pro-democracy figures who were charged. Critics say the trial symbolizes a decline of freedoms in the international financial hub amid a crackdown on dissent following anti-government protests in 2019.


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