Wall Street Risks Shorting Freedom in Hong Kong
Western financiers are willing to chase short-term profits even if it means funding a repressive regime that has made no secret of its animosity toward the West.

Mark L. Clifford, President of the Committee for Freedom at the Hong Kong Foundation, is the author, most recently, of The Troublemaker: How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire, Hong Kong’s Greatest Dissident, and China’s Most Feared Critic (Free Press, 2024).