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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
Protesters wave the Hong Kong colonial flag in a shopping mall during a protest in Hong Kong

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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