In this conversation, I discuss alternative futures for Hong Kong and the dynamics of great power competition with Brian Wong. We discuss why Brian will never leave his home city, the causes of rampant poverty and inequality in HK, why some multinatioanls are moving from HK to China, the plight of the HK diaspora and their internal divisions, Chinese nationalism and wolf warrior diplomacy, how official COVID narratives have created opposing realities in the US and China, the permanency of cultural decoupling, EU-China relations as an alternative model to superpower competition and many more topics.
You can listen to the episode right away in the audio player embedded above, or right below it you can click “Listen in podcast app” — which will connect you to the show’s feed. Alternatively, you can click the icons below to listen to it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Brian Wong is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of Oxford Political Review and a columnist for the Hong Kong Economic Journal and TIME. He writes regularly for publications such as Foreign Policy, Times Higher Education, the Diplomat, Fortune, SCMP, Nikkei Asia, and others. Brian is a Rhodes Scholar (2020) from Hong Kong pursuing his postgraduate studies at University of Oxford. He is a competitive debater who has represented Oxford and is also the Asia Lead for Polemix, a new app where users to debate current issues in video clip format. You can connect with Brian on
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