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EPISODE · Jul 15, 2021 · 13 MIN

Consider This: Hong Kong (Part 2) -- Can Democracy Be Saved?

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About a year ago, on the 23rd of June 2020, Beijing introduced a National Security Law in Hong Kong -- in response to the mass pro-democracy protests that had turned violent. The law had essentially reduced Hong Kong's judicial autonomy, and made it easier to punish demonstrators and activists. It criminalises secession, subversion, and collusion with foreign forces -- with the maximum sentence life in prison. Can international pressure or domestic dissent save Hong Kong from sliding into authoritarian rule like the rest of China? Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan speak to Victoria Hui, Associate Professor in Political Science at the University of Notre Dame.

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