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Opinion
Opinion
Derwin Pereira
Why Beijing hasn’t cracked down on Hong Kong, yet: it can afford to bide its time
- A military crackdown in Hong Kong would lose China its coveted place at the table of great powers
- Beijing can cope with a Hong Kong that recedes into global economic irrelevance but will not tolerate a challenge to its sovereignty
Updated: 7:21am, 25 Nov, 2019

Illustration: Craig Stephens
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Derwin Pereira is founder and CEO of Pereira International, a Singapore-based political consultancy. He is also a member of Harvard University’s Belfer Centre for Science and International Affairs.