Analyst: Beijing’s Responses to Hong Kong Independence Movements Expected

The Chinese Communist Party’s state-run People’s Daily took aim at Hong Kong pro-democracy and independence advocates, saying that what the movements in Hong Kong and Taiwan have in common is a plan on destroying the country. But is there enough of an independence movement in Hong Kong to challenge Beijing, or is merely the idea that one exists prompting Beijing’s response?   Scott Harold, the associate director at the Center for Asia Pacific Policy at the RAND Corporation,...

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