HONG KONG Forgotten by Washington: 4/4: Today Hong Kong, Tomorrow the World: What China's Crackdown Reveals About Its Plans to End Freedom Everywhere by Mark L. Clifford
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 19 November 2023
⏱️ 10 minutes
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https://www.amazon.com/Today-Hong-Kong-Tomorrow-World/dp/1250279178
Today Hong Kong, Tomorrow the World tells the complete story of how a city once famed for protests so peaceful that toddlers joined grandparents in millions-strong rallies became a place where police have fired more than 10,000 rounds of tear gas, rubber bullets and even live ammunition at their neighbors, while pro-government hooligans attack demonstrators in the streets. A Hong Kong resident from 1992 to 2021, author Mark L. Clifford has witnessed this transformation firsthand. As a celebrated publisher and journalist, he has unrivaled access to the full range of the city’s society, from student protestors and political prisoners to aristocrats and senior government officials. A powerful and dramatic mix of history and on-the-ground reporting, this book is the definitive account of one of the most important geopolitical standoffs of our time.
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| 1:10.0 | a very detailed telling of why Hong Kong struggled all these decades to be unique, to be a success. |
| 1:17.4 | A postmodern city, it called itself. With culture, with depth, with education, |
| 1:22.8 | lots of education. |
| 1:24.1 | Mark makes the point, it's really nerdy, |
| 1:26.0 | and it's really geeky. |
| 1:27.0 | They study everything, including how to fire, |
| 1:29.1 | throw a Molotov cocktail. |
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