Hong Kong—purely symbolic

The rule of law still exists in Hong Kong, but nobody would be safe if they could be extradited to the People’s Republic at Beijing’s whim.

Hong Kong's chief executive, Carrie Lam, hasn't formally withdrawn the bill, presumably because that would involve too grave a loss of face for the regime in Beijing, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

July 31, 2019

The anti-government demonstrations in Hong Kong are now eight weeks old and still going strong, but the level of violence is rising. A lot of the violence is down to the police and to triad gangs who were hired to attack the dem...

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