The logo of Chinese social media app TikTok is displayed on the screen of an iPhone against the backdrop of an American flag. Hong Kong is among many other issues that are fair game in the battle for supremacy between the world’s two superpowers. Photo: AFP The logo of Chinese social media app TikTok is displayed on the screen of an iPhone against the backdrop of an American flag. Hong Kong is among many other issues that are fair game in the battle for supremacy between the world’s two superpowers. Photo: AFP
The logo of Chinese social media app TikTok is displayed on the screen of an iPhone against the backdrop of an American flag. Hong Kong is among many other issues that are fair game in the battle for supremacy between the world’s two superpowers. Photo: AFP
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Letters | Behind Hong Kong’s Legco election delay run deeper geopolitical currents

  • Hong Kong, like many other bilateral issues, is a pawn in the great game between China and the US. But in the face of the new cold war and even the potential of a hot war, the Legco election in Hong Kong can only seem like small potatoes

Topic |   Legislative Council elections 2020
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Updated: 7:40am, 7 Aug, 2020

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The logo of Chinese social media app TikTok is displayed on the screen of an iPhone against the backdrop of an American flag. Hong Kong is among many other issues that are fair game in the battle for supremacy between the world’s two superpowers. Photo: AFP The logo of Chinese social media app TikTok is displayed on the screen of an iPhone against the backdrop of an American flag. Hong Kong is among many other issues that are fair game in the battle for supremacy between the world’s two superpowers. Photo: AFP
The logo of Chinese social media app TikTok is displayed on the screen of an iPhone against the backdrop of an American flag. Hong Kong is among many other issues that are fair game in the battle for supremacy between the world’s two superpowers. Photo: AFP
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