Members of the Indianapolis Colts kneel for ’The Star Spangled Banner’. Photo: AFP Members of the Indianapolis Colts kneel for ’The Star Spangled Banner’. Photo: AFP
Members of the Indianapolis Colts kneel for ’The Star Spangled Banner’. Photo: AFP
Keith B. Richburg
Opinion

Opinion

On Reflection by Keith B. Richburg

What would Trump think about Hong Kong football fans booing the Chinese anthem?

The US president would probably side with China’s Communist Party, which is to criminalise insulting ‘March of the Volunteers’ – but such a stance is self-defeating

Keith B. Richburg
Keith B. Richburg

Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018

Why you can trust SCMP
Members of the Indianapolis Colts kneel for ’The Star Spangled Banner’. Photo: AFP Members of the Indianapolis Colts kneel for ’The Star Spangled Banner’. Photo: AFP
Members of the Indianapolis Colts kneel for ’The Star Spangled Banner’. Photo: AFP
READ FULL ARTICLE
Keith B. Richburg

Keith B. Richburg

Professor Keith B. Richburg, a former Washington Post correspondent, is Director of The University of Hong Kong's Journalism and Media Studies Centre.