Politics

HK protests set to stress-test China’s priorities

China wants more foreign investment but this ambition could be crippled if it chooses the Tiananmen path in Hong Kong.

There was a cold rationale behind China’s top leaders authorising its military to violently crush pro-democracy protestors in Tiananmen Square on July 4, 1989: no cost was too high to maintain control.

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