Hong Kong Protests - Jack Budofsky
Hong Kong has been in the news a lot lately becuase of their increasingly violent protests against an extradition bill. Maybe you've heard about the situation through news stories about Blizzard Entertainment banning a pro-Hong Kong Hearthstone player from a competition, or maybe through news stories involving a tweet made by an NBA GM. This issue has been seeping into American politics and yet a lot of us don't understand what its all about. To understand the current State of Hong Kong, their relationship with China must be understood. Hong Kong is part of China, but they function separately under their own democratic and free government. This is because of an agreement they made with China back in 1997 that allowed Hong Kong to function separately for 50 years. Now that date is 28 years away, and many Hong Kong citizens don't want that date to come as they don't want to become part of China's oppressive authoritarian society. The recent serge ...