Asia and Pacific Rim, San Diego Metro Magazine

Friday, October 9, 2026

Hong Kong: Global Financial Center or Beijing Sidekick?

By Mark L. Clifford Hong Kong is back. At least that’s what the boosters would have us think. The London Financial

The trial of former Hong Kong newspaper and magazine publisher Jimmy Lai, who was active in the territory’s pro-democracy movement,

SD METRO Associate Editor Doug Page interviewed Mark Clifford just before the holidays about his new book about

Twenty-four-year-old Hong Kong native Frances Hui, a graduate of Emerson College in Boston, lives in the United States – a

More than 100 secret Chinese police stations across the world, including one in Los Angeles, harasses and intimidates its dissidents,

To learn more about tensions between the United States and the People’s Republic of China, watch SD METRO Associate

SD METRO Associate Editor Douglas Page interviewed Mark Clifford, president of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation.