Protests, national security law and Donald Trump’s response show Hong Kong must act quickly to rebuild confidence

Frustrated by an increasingly hostile United States, the Covid-19 pandemic, a continuing protest deadlock in Hong Kong, and Taiwan’s dismissal of its “one country, two systems” overture, China has hit out on several fronts. From border skirmishes with India to tough posturing in the South China Sea, Beijing is flexing its muscles with a new go-it-alone resolve. On May 28, China’s National People’s Congress voted to pass on a weighty task to its Standing Committee – “establishing and improving…

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