Hong Kong protests resume after officials relax social distancing rules

Hong Kong protests resume after officials relax social distancing rules

Modern China historian [UCI Chancellor’s Professor] Jeffrey Wasserstrom’s new book is titled “Vigil: Hong Kong On The Brink.” He says the dramatic roundup was meant to remind everyone that even moderates will be punished. Wasserstrom says fingering [Martin] Lee, who helped draft Hong Kong’s basic law enshrining one country, two systems, sends a pointed message.