When I was at school, we were all encouraged to read a book by Arthur Koestler called “Darkness at...
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The Best Human Rights Books, July to September 2018
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Matthew Torne’s ‘Last Exit to Kai Tak’ captures the underlying betrayal of Hong Kong by its political system
Hong Kong’s election bans: How Beijing’s shifting definition of ‘separatism’ snared another victim
How to feel pride in a nation committing cultural genocide against its minorities?
Welcome to Insanity Reef: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam creates her own Frankenstein’s monster
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