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Cynical Talk EP 8: “Hong Kong: Between a Rock and a Hard Place”

Cynical Talk EP 8: “Hong Kong: Between a Rock and a Hard Place”

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 Welcome back fellow cynics as your co-hosts Thomas Brancato and Jorge Shaft continue our weekly roundup series, Cynical Talk. This week, we discuss the past, present and future of Hong Kong as it completes 25 years since the United Kingdom's handover of the city to China. We go over the infamous NSL (National Security Law), the effects of Covid-19 clampdown on civil rights, draconian quarantine measures on arrivals, depopulation, migration, cost of living crisis, loss of its prestige internationally, its similarity with prospects over Taiwan, the dearth of democracy and lastly, its future relationship with the Western world. We hope you enjoy tuning in as much as we enjoy piecing these together! Drop us a comment anytime, anywhere.
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