World Review from the New Statesman

The threat to Democracies: Hong Kong exile Nathan Law

Megan Gibson interviews Hong Kong democracy activist Nathan Law. They discuss his new book, <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/144/1446286/freedom/9781787635432.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Freedom: How We Lose It and How We Fight Back.</a> They talk about the speed of the impact of Hong Kong’s National Security Law, how safe and stable western democracies really are and whether he could ever return to Hong Kong. If you have a You Ask Us question for the international team, email podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk Further Reading: Nathan Law: From Poland to the UK, “<a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/the-international-interview/2021/11/nathan-law-from-poland-to-the-uk-freedom-is-under-threat" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">freedom is under threat</a>”One year on from <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/world/asia/china/2021/08/one-year-chinas-national-security-crackdown-hong-kong-changed-place" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">China’s national security crackdown</a>, Hong Kong is a changed place<a href="newstatesman.com/world/europe/2021/10/radoslaw-sikorski-poland-is-on-the-path-of-hungary-and-russia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Radosław Sikorski</a>: “Poland is on the path of Hungary and Russia” Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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