It should now perhaps be clear that the Hong Kong protests, the scale of which has taken everyone by surprise, are no longer about the now-moribund extradition bill which would have allowed the mainland government to legally extract citizens it deemed ripe for trial. The social and political crisis has long been simmering underneath the surface of a seemingly freewheeling bastion of financial capitalism.
Hong Kong Protests May Give Marx the Last Laugh
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Hong Kong Protests May Give Marx the Last Laugh
It should now perhaps be clear that the Hong Kong protests, the scale of which has taken everyone by surprise, are no longer about the now-moribund extradition bill which would have allowed the mainland government to legally extract citizens it deemed ripe for trial. The social and political crisis has long been simmering underneath the surface of a seemingly freewheeling bastion of financial capitalism.