Mary Hui on Hong Kong’s struggle with COVID and political distrust
Talks on China
English - April 07, 2022 06:47 - 31 minutes - 43.2 MBPolitics News Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Hong Kong stood out as an international COVID success story before a recent Omicron outbreak took hold of the city. What could have been done to prevent the tragic scenes of hospitals being overwhelmed? Has the Hong Kong government lost all democratic accountability?
Quartz journalist Mary Hui joins Chris Cash to discuss the reasons behind Hong Kong's lack of COVID preparedness, the erosion of democracy under the National Security Law, and Beijing's endgame for the city. Mary also shared her thoughts on Hong Kong's status as an international business hub and whether it will last.
You can follow Mary on Twitter - @maryhui