Battleground Hong Kong: True test of ‘One Country Two Systems’
Boom Bust host Christy Ai and Sourabh Gupta from the Institute for China-America Studies discuss the months-long protests that have engulfed Hong Kong as the East Asian financial epicenter appears to only be devolving further into chaos, challenging the long-touted ‘One Country Two Systems’ principle. Then, co-director of Popular Resistance Margaret Flowers discusses the new-age tactics employed by HK protesters and where they’ve been used elsewhere. Former Pentagon official Michael Maloof points out the pivot in US strategy AWAY from Syria and TOWARD Greece as the US scrambles to maintain its global foothold. Author & activist Seth Siegel breaks down the water shortages faced by millions of Americans, made worse by environmental rollbacks under the Trump administration and the mass extraction of fresh water by companies like Google.