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Podcast: New Books in Human Rights
Episode: The Future of Hong Kong: A Discussion with Ho-Fung Hung
Description: Hong Kong has always existed on the edge of empires, providing services and capabilities to powerful nations. And even to this day when the one country two systems idea is all but defunct, Beijing still needs Hong Kong to provide China with access to world markets – especially financial ones. But what next? Ho Fung Hung, Professor in Political Economy at Johns Hopkins University and author of City on the Edge: Hong Kong Under Chinese Rule (Cambridge UP, 2022) discusses the future of Hong Kong.Owen Bennett-Jones is a freelance journalist and writer. A former BBC correspondent and presenter he has b...