The storming of Hong Kong’s LegCo and the US Capitol do have one thing in common – a broken political system

Last week’s mob invasion of the US Capitol has been the source of much delight among the pro-Beijing crowd. The superficial similarities between that incident and the 2019 takeover of our own LegCo were quickly blown away by my colleague Ilaria Maria Sala.In our case, nobody was killed, the Council was not in session and, … Continue reading The storming of Hong Kong’s LegCo and the US Capitol do have one thing in common – a broken political system