US President Donald Trump gestures to reporters from the White House lawn on March 5. Photo: Reuters US President Donald Trump gestures to reporters from the White House lawn on March 5. Photo: Reuters
US President Donald Trump gestures to reporters from the White House lawn on March 5. Photo: Reuters
David Dodwell
Opinion

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Inside Out by David Dodwell

What Trump can’t see: Beijing is not bent on suppressing Hong Kong’s freedoms

  • As with Minneapolis, so with Hong Kong: watchers from afar can fail to see clearly. The US decision to punish China over Hong Kong’s security law is mischievous, even malicious, and fails to recognise how much Beijing needs Hong Kong to thrive

David Dodwell
David Dodwell

Updated: 3:25am, 1 Jun, 2020

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US President Donald Trump gestures to reporters from the White House lawn on March 5. Photo: Reuters US President Donald Trump gestures to reporters from the White House lawn on March 5. Photo: Reuters
US President Donald Trump gestures to reporters from the White House lawn on March 5. Photo: Reuters
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David Dodwell

David Dodwell

David Dodwell is the executive director of the Hong Kong-APEC Trade Policy Study Group, a trade policy think tank.