This essay examines how Beijing’s escalating crackdown on Hong Kong has systematically imposed authoritarian policies that undermine international human rights and the rule of law, abandoning China’s commitments both to the Hong Kong people and to the international community.
Hong Kong: The End of Delusion
As the Hong Kong and Beijing governments continue their assault on civil society in the territory — through tactics ranging from arbitrary arrests and attacks on the legal profession to the gutting of liberal studies and the inculcation of loyalty to the CCP in the guise of "patriotism," neither "China experts" at large, nor professedly left-leaning academics, have engaged in any critical self-reflection on their culpability in Hong Kong's demise, writes Alvin Y.H. Cheung.
Event Recording: Making Hong Kong China
The people of Hong Kong riveted the world’s attention in 2019 by pouring into the streets to demand the autonomy, rule of law, and basic freedoms they were promised. Beijing responded on June 30, 2020, by imposing a new National Security Law aimed to snuff out protests. We will hear from Michael Davis, who has taught human rights and constitutional law in Hong Kong for over three decades and is the author of the recently published book, Making Hong Kong China: The Rollback of Human Rights and the Rule of Law.
CFR: Is Hong Kong Still Autonomous? What to Know About China’s New Laws
South China Morning Post: An independent inquiry is still the only way to end the protests and keep Hong Kong’s story from ending tragically
Implications of the Hong Kong Extradition Bill with Affiliated Scholar Alvin Cheung
Hong Kong has been in the news over the controversy and protests surrounding the Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation Bill proposed by the Hong Kong government. Our very own Alvin Cheung has been analyzing the situation across a number of platforms.