Watching China’s armed police lining up in Shenzhen reminds us of that day in 1989 when a young man showed courage most of us will never know and stood in front of those tanks approaching Tiananmen Square. Over a number of hours, protests that had taken weeks to build were cleared as the People’s Liberation Army liberated the people of their lives, their freedom and, for many more, their hopes of a more open China.
Today, Hong Kong’s liberties are in the line of fire, but the result needn’t be the same. Both China and the Hong Kong Executive can ensure the city state whose financial and professional services have enriched lives around the Pacific continues to prosper. But to get there, some conditions…
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