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Hong Kong: cross-party support for imperialism
What should we make of the new declaration from the British political elite that as a 'former colonial power' it must intervene on the Chinese island, asks KENNY COYLE

HONG KONG has become the main theatre of operations, overt and covert, of an increasingly ferocious struggle between China and Western imperialist powers.
Trade wars, Covid-19 conspiracy theories and China’s growing international influence provide a global backdrop to the conflict, but Hong Kong provides a very specific location.
Last week seven former British foreign secretaries, Labour and Tory, issued a joint letter to the current Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab.
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