Lies, ideology and repression: China seals Hong Kong’s failed-state fate | Simon Tisdall

The former British territory was a flawed success. Xi Jinping has ended that with the punitive and hastily passed article 23So farewell, Hong Kong. The vibrant, pulsating city-state that grew, under British rule, into one of the world’s great financial, business, cultural and tourism hubs has finally been brought to heel. Browbeaten, abused, silenced. Trust Xi Jinping, China’s dementor president, to suck out all the joy. Last Wednesday was the UN’s International Day of Happines