President Donald Trump announced a significant escalation of his administration's conflict with the Chinese government—a conflict that is increasingly looking less like a trade war and more like a cold war.
And it should keep taking Chinese college students too. Both strategies would be more damaging to China than the current plan of using sanctions.
New legislation proposed in Beijing signals the likely end of the "one country, two systems" policy that has allowed Hong Kong to flourish.
Hundreds of thousands of Hongkongers have taken to the streets, smashed lamp posts, and stormed government buildings to keep China from encroaching on Hong Kong's freedoms prematurely.
The president takes credit for the fact that Beijing hasn't sent tanks into Hong Kong.
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Escalating violence in Hong Kong
The protester, Chow Tsz-lok, was only 22.
James called Trump a "bum," but he won't utter a single bad word about China's authoritarianism.
Nah, the senator's still wrong about Internet free speech, argue the editors on the Reason Roundtable podcast.
This week's demonstrations at NBA games are a refreshing reminder that Americans won't just "stick to sports."
The mostly young demonstrators are calling for autonomy and democracy—and won't be silenced like the NBA.
The gaming company suspended Chung Ng Wai for a year and confiscated his prize money after he said "Liberate Hong Kong."
Apparently the NBA's kow-towing to Communist China is not limited to groveling press statements.
The National Basketball Association has spent decades investing in China. Should that matter when it comes to supporting human rights?
Encryption, other privacy measures, and decentralization have made the protest movement possible.
Under Chinese authoritarianism, they'll have neither.
The company's Chinese ownership may have something to do with it.
"If we lose...we will lose a generation."
The formal withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill won't be enough to stop the protest movement.
The brave idealism of the people of Hong Kong is enough to stir the heart of anyone who cherishes freedom.
Today, Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam withdrew the controversial extradition bill that set off protests.
"Hong Kong is a place without basic political and economic freedom," Wong tells Reason.
Simon Cheng Man-kit, a staffer at the British Consulate in Hong Kong, hasn't returned from a trip he took to mainland China nearly two weeks ago.
You can literally wear your principles on your sleeve while baffling facial recognition technology.
Despite police harassment and border confiscations, protest supplies continue to make their way to dissidents.
Pro-democracy dissidents turned violent yesterday at Hong Kong's airport.
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Nine people were injured during the weekend's protests in Hong Kong, including one woman who might be permanently blind after a violent encounter with the police.
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As Beijing develops a high-tech police state, Hongkongers develop ways to resist it.
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Many digital payments can be tracked, potentially assisting an authoritarian crackdown.
In a few countries, legislators have enacted policies that actually constrain spending. The U.S. has a lot to learn.
Activist and celebrity musician Denise Ho discusses the Hong Kong protests, her 2014 arrest, and the future of Hong Kong's autonomy from China.
Also: Mike Lee says Congress must reassert power over the presidency. And so long to Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
The Hong Kong government has floated the idea of building four artificial islands which could house one million people.
Regions around the world are fighting for independence. If people want to secede, let them!
Economic growth, capitalism, improves standards of living, health, life expectancy.
Economic dynamism and concomitant abundance are best served by a good dollop of freedom, which, alas, we are in the process of slowly losing.
Hong Kong has surpassed its former colonial master in prosperity because it's had more economic freedom.
The Umbrella Movement is focused on its own struggle, not mainland China's.
