China’s Cardinal Sins in Hong Kong
With the world’s attention focused on Ukraine, China is stepping up its repression in Hong Kong. The choice of a brutal ex-policeman as the city’s new chief executive, and the arrest of a 90-year-old Catholic cardinal for his efforts to support pro-democracy protesters, suggest that the situation is going from bad to worse.
LONDON – Much of the world remains focused on the grisly developments in Ukraine, where Russian President Vladimir Putin’s army continues to commit war crimes against a sovereign country he claims is an inalienable part of Russia. Meanwhile, the story in Hong Kong has gone from very bad to even worse.