Even if Hong Kong’s demonstrators have all 5 of their demands met (right now it’s 1 down, 4 to go), China has made it abundantly clear that it has no respect for the “one country, two systems” framework, which in any case is scheduled to end in 2047. Hong Kong is arguably the most internationally integrated city in the world, which means the only direction from here is backwards. As Dan Harris put it 3 weeks ago in China Law Blog, “Hong Kong as an international business and financial center is no more.”
Dan Harris in Axios
