If only this new national security episode was not bringing so much grief to so many, the experience might be appreciated as a kind of misdirected comic interlude: ancient concepts of justice, reinforced by the strictures of Leninist dictatorship, imposed on a Westernized 21st century city in the name of national security, administered by bewigged […]
Author Archives: Suzanne Pepper
Suzanne Pepper is a Hong Kong-based American writer and Hong Kong resident with a long-standing interest in Chinese politics. In her book, 'Keeping Democracy at Bay: Hong Kong and the Challenge of Chinese Political Reform', Pepper addresses debates surrounding democracy and dictatorship. Her blog follows the developing story of Hong Kong’s democracy movement as it struggles to maintain its coherence amid the growing pressures of integration within the Chinese political system.
