Suppression of Hong Kong's civil society

* The jailing of 45 pro-democracy activists testifies to the ruthless suppression of [Hong Kong's] once-vibrant civil society.*

*Information about some of those activists.*

*Starmer twice declines to directly condemn jailing of Hong Kong pro-democracy figures.*

The UK economy, as that is normally understood surely benefits from trade with China. Whether poor Britons participate in that benefit, I am not sure. But if the price of that trade is to legitimize repression, in the long run he world loses.

The US may be next. Those who don't dare to criticize Chairman Xi won't dare to criticize the wrecker either.

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