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1: Hong Kong Silenced: Add Oil

How to become a dictator

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The New National Security Law in Hong Kong

Nathan was studying abroad at Yale during the second half of 2019. But by May 2020, he was back in Hong Kong. When he and his colleagues got the news, China's parliament had passed a new national security law. Any sort of opposition to Beijing would soon become illegal. "I realized that given the hostility of the law, it's impossible for us to continue our advocacy work"

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