As expats leave, officials say they’re unconcerned — but their reaction to criticism says otherwise.
Hong Kong recently marked 27 years since the former British colony was handed over to China. In this time, the city has become less autonomous, more uncertain about its economic future and gripped more tightly by the Chinese Communist Party than most people, including me, ever imagined it would be.Much of this exodus was spurred by the covid pandemic; Hong Kong’s draconian quarantine rules curtailed overseas flights, canceled school and strictly enforced mask-wearing. Then came Beijing’s.
It wasn’t Sumption’s leaving that upset local officials so much as his remarks after he landed back in Britain. In an,” and the security laws were being used to “crush peaceful political dissent.” The city has become gripped by a “paranoid atmosphere” since pro-democracy protests broke out in 2019, he said, and the rule of law has been “profoundly compromised.”on its court.
Some people close to the government have begun to question whether foreign judges are needed anymore. Ronny Tong, a pro-China lawyer and government adviser,Sumption’s response may have stung also because it echoes criticism recently leveled by prominent American economist Stephen Roach, a former head of Morgan Stanley Asia and longtime Hong Kong booster.
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