PLA a part? Hong Kong’s growing unrest

The Intelligence from The Economist
6 Ağu 2019 20 min
PLA a part? Hong Kong’s growing unrest
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<p>China’s central government held another press conference to address increasingly chaotic unrest in Hong Kong. A close listen reveals language that may be presaging a military intervention. There’s much to be said for employee share ownership—but a push from left-leaning politicians to mandate its availability is creating controversy. And, the dirty secret behind the exorbitant costs of music-gig tickets.</p><br><p>Additional audio courtesy of cgeffex from Freesound.org.</p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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