Ryan Ho Kilpatrick, “True Masters”: Total Security, Colonial Continuities in Hong Kong Under the NSL

Beijing’s imposition of the National Security Law last summer marked a dark new point of departure for Hong Kong-the muzzling of what had been one of Asia’s most boisterous and defiant polities. But it was also a point of continuity for a city that has never truly escaped colonialism, where promises of democratic self-rule have been made and broken for generations when they threatened to defy London or Beijing.
Guest Speaker: Ryan Ho Kilpatrick, Freelance Journalist
Ryan Ho Kilpatrick is an award-winning journalist and scholar from Hong Kong who has reported on the city’s politics, protests, and policing for The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, TIME, and others.
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