Riot police patrol a shopping mall during a protest in Hong Kong after the National People’s Congress passed a national security law for the city on June 30. Photo: Reuters Riot police patrol a shopping mall during a protest in Hong Kong after the National People’s Congress passed a national security law for the city on June 30. Photo: Reuters
Riot police patrol a shopping mall during a protest in Hong Kong after the National People’s Congress passed a national security law for the city on June 30. Photo: Reuters
Minxin Pei
Opinion

Opinion

Minxin Pei

In Trump, China has an adversary who’s not afraid to push back – even if it means economic pain

  • Communist Party leaders have overplayed their hand by tightening control over Hong Kong with a national security law
  • Trump and his senior advisers not only believe in the law of the jungle, but are also unafraid to wield raw power against their foes

Minxin Pei
Minxin Pei

Updated: 3:17am, 12 Jul, 2020

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Riot police patrol a shopping mall during a protest in Hong Kong after the National People’s Congress passed a national security law for the city on June 30. Photo: Reuters Riot police patrol a shopping mall during a protest in Hong Kong after the National People’s Congress passed a national security law for the city on June 30. Photo: Reuters
Riot police patrol a shopping mall during a protest in Hong Kong after the National People’s Congress passed a national security law for the city on June 30. Photo: Reuters
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Minxin Pei

Minxin Pei

Minxin Pei is professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and a non-resident senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He is the author of China's Crony Capitalism.