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China’s Crackdown on Think Tank Illustrates Importance of Hong Kong Protests

China’s Crackdown on Think Tank Illustrates Importance of Hong Kong Protests
Protesters attend a pro-democracy march in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong on Sept. 15, 2019. Philip Fong/AFP/Getty Images
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As protests in Hong Kong continue, Chinese government actions on the mainland continue to illustrate why the protesters must prevent any further encroachments on their autonomy.

Benjamin Powell
Benjamin Powell
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Benjamin Powell is a senior fellow at the Independent Institute, executive director of the Free Market Institute, a professor of economics at Texas Tech University, and co-author of the new book "Socialism Sucks: Two Economists Drink Their Way through the Unfree World."
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