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Podcast: New Books in Human Rights
Episode: Michael C. Davis, "Making Hong Kong China: The Rollback of Human Rights and the Rule of Law" (Columbia UP, 2020)
Description: âImagine you live in a freewheeling city like New York or London â one of the worldâs leading financial, educational, and cultural centres. Then imagine that one of the worldâs most infamous authoritarian regimes makes direct control over your city, introducing secret police, warrant less surveillance and searches, massive repression and the arrest of protestors, and aggressive prosecution⌠This is what just happened in Hong Kongâ--Michael C. DavisIt is difficult to understand the pace or extent of the changes in Hong Kong since the protests began in June 2019, however in his latest book, Michae...