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Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies

What’s in Store for Hong Kong? Look at Tibet.

Potala Palace, Tibet
June 2, 2020

Allen Carlson, an Einaudi faculty member, writes:

"Last week, China’s National People’s Congress set in motion new, restrictive legislation for Hong Kong. Activists in Hong Kong have already dubbed this move as the final nail in the coffin of the Basic Law, which guaranteed the people of Hong Kong a high degree of autonomy to govern their own affairs.

Beijing has previously made promises of autonomy in other restive regions — like Tibet. Grasping how Chinese leaders have repeatedly offered Tibetan autonomy, only to rescind it, reveals what the future might hold for Hong Kong."

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Comparative Muslim Societies Program