
Jude Blanchette on the Hong Kong protests
Sinica Podcast
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The Other Option Is Let's Just Wait It Out
Beijing's preferred tactic is to wait it out, which worked in 2014. The only way you keep momentum behind the movement is to continue to escalate. There are a lot of reasons why Beijing doesn't want to do this. It would be a Rubicon moment for public perception and international perception about China. If they feel like an increasingly radical or nationalist group is articulating statehood aims, that could lead to trouble.
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