Sino File by Cary Huang

What’s to stop Hong Kong’s ‘well water’ mixing with Beijing’s ‘river water’? Nothing, the extradition law mess proves it

When Hongkongers protested against the Tiananmen crackdown, Jiang Zemin said the “well water should not mix with the river water”

Thirty years on, it’s apparent there’s no filter to stop that happening

Cary Huang

Published: 11:00am, 30 Jun, 2019

Updated: 11:00am, 30 Jun, 2019

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Cary Huang is a veteran China affairs columnist, having written on this topic since the early 1990s. He joined the Post in 2004, and was based in Beijing between 2005 and 2013, first as a correspondent and then as bureau chief. He was previously China editor at The Standard from 1992 until 2004.

What’s to stop Hong Kong’s ‘well water’ mixing with Beijing’s ‘river water’? Nothing, the extradition law mess proves it

When Hongkongers protested against the Tiananmen crackdown, Jiang Zemin said the “well water should not mix with the river water” Thirty years on, it’s apparent there’s no filter to stop that happening

When Hongkongers protested against the Tiananmen crackdown, Jiang Zemin said the “well water should not mix with the river water”

Thirty years on, it’s apparent there’s no filter to stop that happening