On Balance by Robert Delaney

For Ted Cruz, Hong Kong democracy protesters have only ever been a stage prop

The Trump ally’s blocking of a bill that would give refuge to Hong Kong dissidents underlines the self-serving nature of the Republican leadership under Trump: they have no qualms about selling out America’s allies and values to get their way

Robert Delaney

Published: 5:25am, 22 Dec, 2020

Updated: 5:25am, 22 Dec, 2020

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Robert Delaney is the Post’s North America bureau chief. He spent 11 years in China as a language student and correspondent for Dow Jones Newswires and Bloomberg, and continued covering the country as a correspondent and an academic after leaving. His debut novel, The Wounded Muse, draws on actual events that played out in Beijing while he lived there.