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City of ‘patriots’: How Beijing is re-educating Hong Kong – Sydney Morning Herald
“They want to wipe out the opposition altogether and impose direct rule from Beijing.”
They want to wipe out the opposition altogether and impose direct rule from Beijing, Willy Lam, a political scientist at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, said in a phone interview.
It is very sweeping. The power of interpretation rests with Beijing. Beijing is the one authority which can lay down the red line and move the goalposts. Only they have the authority to define what constitutes national security, which can be as comprehensive as they want it to be.
It starts early. Hong Kongs Education…
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