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Jeffrey Wasserstrom

Jeffrey Wasserstrom

Jeffrey Wasserstrom is chancellor’s professor of history at the University of California, Irvine. His works of public-facing writing include commentaries for newspapers and magazines and the short book “Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink,” which was published by Columbia Global Reports in 2020.

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Saying Hong Kong Is Dead Does a Disservice to Its People

Saying Hong Kong Is Dead Does a Disservice to Its People

With each repressive law and crackdown ordered from Beijing, those with only a passing interest in Hong Kong assume that its struggle for the future is over. But the gutting of the city’s freedoms has often been slow, and still meets with resistance.

Jeffrey Wasserstrom,
Sharon Yam