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Hong Kong’s Misplaced Infrastructure Ambitions

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Philip Bowring
Mar 31, 2015
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There is no better illustration of Hong Kong’s diminishing autonomy than the fate of its airport.

This is not an overtly political issue about democracy or the rule of law. It is a growing impediment to the commercial autonomy without which Hong Kong is simply a more scenic version of Shenzhen or Xiamen. It is also one to which its leaderless government …

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