Let the world see how ugly they can get, but the Hong Kong people will not give up.

Hello and welcome to the GZero World podcast.

Here you'll find extended versions of the interviews from my show on public television.

I'm Ian Bremmer.

And today, I'm focusing on Hong Kong,

why China is consolidating power amidst the pandemic, leaving the

future of the former British colony in question.

I'll sit down with an opposition lawmaker who says this is the big one.

Dennis Kwok is a pro-democracy lawmaker in Hong Kong who Beijing has accused of trying to obstruct the changes.

Let's get right to it.

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Thank you. corporate. walmart.com. Dennis Kwok, direct from Hong Kong.

Very good to be with you, sir.

Thank you for having me.

So one to start off is that we have this new national security law that Beijing is essentially forcing Hong Kong to

adopt. You said the following. I want to quote it. This is the end of Hong Kong. This is the end of

one country, two systems. Make no mistake about it that Beijing, the central people's government, has completely

breached its promise to the Hong Kong people. So as one of Hong Kong's most vocal pro-democracy

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