Hong Kong and Beijing: A Tale of Two Cities
There was a strange half-symmetry between Hong Kong and Beijing on October 1. The Chinese capital city featured the celebrations of 70 years of Communist rule. The accompanying parade combined Soviet-style rocket display, Pyongyang-style massed soldiery and Mussolini-style rhetoric, as Xi Jinping gave a salute from an open-topped car.
In Hong Kong that s…
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