Benedict Rogers

China has taken control of Hong Kong’s legislature

Pro-democracy legislators announce their resignation, Hong Kong (photo: Getty)
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Benedict Rogers
Benedict Rogers is chief executive of Hong Kong Watch and an advisor to the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC). His new book, ‘The China Nexus: Thirty Years In and Around the Chinese Communist Party’s Tyranny’, will be published later this year.

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