Jeffrey Wasserstrom

Jeffrey Wasserstrom, a Californian, teaches history at the University of California, Irvine, and is the author of Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink.

Stories by Jeffrey Wasserstrom
A view from Hong Kong of the skyline of Yantian, a district in the neighboring mainland Chinese city of Shenzhen, on Sept. 19.

Beijing’s Hong Kong Fables Have Unhappy Endings
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Jimmy Lai supporters hold copies of the Apple Daily newspaper

Hong Kong Is a Local Tragedy, Not a Geopolitical Shuttlecock
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BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 6: China's President Xi Jinping looks on during a signing ceremony with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Great Hall of the People on May 6, 2013 in Beijing, China. Abbas is visiting China from May 5 to 7. (Photo by Jason Lee-Pool/Getty Images)

In Xi’s China, Everything Old Is New Again
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What a Long, Strange March It’s Been
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Strike Out
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