Spurring entrepreneurship in rural towns, the national security threat of TikTok, and the deadly protests in Hong Kong.
| A requiem for the city of Hong Kong “Perhaps coexistence between a free city and a Leninist state was ultimately impossible.” Richard Bush explains how the protests turned into a violent crisis and why we may be witnessing the end of Hong Kong as we know it. Read more |
| Is TikTok a threat to national security? The mobile app TikTok, popular for its 15-second videos, is facing scrutiny from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. Geoffrey Gertz writes about why the app has caught the attention of the U.S. government, and what that may mean for other Chinese tech companies. Read in the Washington Post |
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