The city of Venice may not be the obvious place for a call for the moral revival of Europe. This is where Lord Byron used to swim naked down the Grand Canal between pink palaces and swaying gondolas in the early morning hours after nights of carousing.
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The China-capitalist-Tory nexus
Author: Pete Radcliff
UK-based banks HSBC and Standard Chartered have come under attack for their collaboration with the governments of Hong Kong and China.
Consider also Jardine Matheson, one of the top 200 trading companies in the world, with assets of £49 billion and a turnover of £40 billion. They own a significant proportion of Hong Kong’s very expensive real estate.
Soon after the imposition of the National Security Law [NSL], Jardine Matheson put full-page advertisements in pro-Beijing Chinese newspapers
Ta Kung Pao and
Wen Wei Po in support of the NSL, declaring that “the rule of law” and “One Country, Two Systems” principles were underpinning “continuous stability and prosperity for Hong Kong.’’