Jude Blanchette, the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), joins Kaiser for a discussion of the ongoing Hong Kong protests, possible U.S. responses, Beijing's puzzling inaction, the perspectives of mainland Chinese, and media coverage of ongoing events in Hong Kong.
4:52: Hong Kong’s young democratic leaders
15:39: The volatility of the Hong Kong protests
27:10: Mainland sentiments on Hong Kong
38:21: Media coverage of the protests
46:04: Speaking Mandarin, a new liability in Hong Kong?
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