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Checking their privilege: Beijings threat to Hong Kong

Published: May 28, 2020, 10:16 a.m.

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China\\u2019s parliament voted today to draft legislation that would utterly undermine the territory\\u2019s independence. What now for protesters, for Western powers, for the region\\u2019s foreign firms? The pandemic has quashed some crimes but has also created new nefarious opportunities. And it may be closing time for the golden age of the booze business.

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