Shibani Mahtani and Timothy McLaughlin, "Among the Braves: Hope, Struggle, and Exile in the Battle for Hong Kong and the Future of Global Democracy" (Hachette, 2023)
In\xa0Among the Braves Hope, Struggle, and Exile in the Battles for Hong Kong and the Future of Global Democracy\xa0(Hachette, 2023) Shibani Mahtani and Timothy McLaughlin\xa0tell the story of Hong Kong's demise from Two Systems to One Country through the eyes of some of its key actors in the 2019 Anti-Extradition protests. In their\xa0richly evocative narrative, Mahtani and McLaughlin draw on their on-the-ground reporting, and weave this through a historical account to foreground the fight of\xa0the\xa0frontline protestors, referred to in Cantonese as "The Braves", who felt they had no other choice but to resist Beijing's increasingly authoritarian governance.\xa0\nIn this interview, we discussed the way that the changing political landscape of\xa0Hong Kong is demonstrative of the fragility of democratic institutions. We spoke about attempts by Beijing to erase historical memory through the imposition of increasingly draconian laws. Mahtani and McLaughlin will provide listeners with insight as to why Hong Kong matters, and why the rest of the world should take notice of the global erosion of democratic freedoms.\xa0\nShibani Mahtani\xa0is an international investigative correspondent for the\xa0Washington Post.\xa0She was previously the\xa0Post's\xa0Hong Kong and Southeast Asia bureau chief and a correspondent for the\xa0Wall Street Journal\xa0based in Singapore, Yangon, and Chicago. Her Hong Kong coverage was honored with prizes including a Human Rights Press Award for an investigation into police misconduct.\xa0\nTimothy McLaughlin\xa0is a prize-winning contributing writer for\xa0The Atlantic. Previously he worked for\xa0Reuters\xa0news agency. His work has also appeared in publications including\xa0WIRED,\xa0The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times,\xa0and\xa0Prospect.\xa0He has won multiple awards for his Hong Kong coverage, including two Best in Business Awards from the Society for Advancing Business Editing, and is a two-time finalist for The Livingston Award for International Reporting.\nJane Richards is a Lecturer in Law at York Law School, UK.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law