Stephen Vines, "Defying the Dragon: Hong Kong and the World’s Largest Dictatorship" (Hurst, 2021)
New Books in East Asian Studies
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China's Self-Confidence Is a Nation of S, Which Cannot Tolerate a Degree of Liberty
No serious politician in any democracy thinks that there is an excidential threat to the nation if they fail to be in power the following week. The communist party just believes that if they show a moment of weakness, they will never recover the strength sufficient to maintain their position as the rule of the country. That doesn't strike me as self confident strong people. They bullies. They are loutish in their behaviour. At the end of the day, ey're terrified. And we'll use hong kon as an example to see how cold be done. Well, that is dead. Now the only talk of reunification between tiwan and the chinese mainland is discussed in terms of whether
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