Hong Kong
This week, how Hong Kong became one of the most important, and most contested, cities in the world.
An episode of the Throughline podcast, hosted by NPR, titled "Hong Kong" was published on May 28, 2020 and runs 45 minutes.
May 28, 2020 ·45m · Throughline
Summary
Last week, the Chinese government made the latest and perhaps the most serious move yet to crack down on Hong Kong's semi-autonomy. It's just the latest such effort by Beijing in the decades-long tensions between China and Hong Kong and it seems to take advantage of the quarantine calm that has subdued months of protests. But when did these tensions begin and what have Hong Kongers been fighting for? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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