{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/4d641cbd-af7c-4475-81e8-c6a118bde4ee/e1ecd091-62c5-4c62-b75f-4498a2e52a2b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Economist Asks: What’s the future for Hong Kong?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d9db97874249/62e286c27ca7a10012e441c7.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Twenty-five years ago, <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/leaders/1997/06/26/how-hong-kong-can-change-china?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theeconomistasks&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Britain returned Hong Kong to China</a>. The handover was based on a promise the city would retain <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2017/06/28/has-one-country-two-systems-been-a-success-for-hong-kong?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theeconomistasks&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">its high degree of autonomy</a>. That pledge now lies in tatters.&nbsp; Host Anne McElvoy asks Chris Patten, the last colonial governor, why Hong Kong’s nascent democracy was thwarted. Sue-Lin Wong, The Economist’s China correspondent, tells Anne how China tightened its grip on Hong Kong. And, <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2020/11/17/nathan-law-says-the-battle-is-not-over-in-hong-kong?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theeconomistasks&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">exiled activist Nathan Law</a> ponders the future of the pro-democracy movement.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Please subscribe to <em>The Economist </em>for full access to print, digital and audio editions:</p><p><a href=\"http://www.economist.com/podcastoffer?utm_campaign=economist-asks&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.economist.com/podcastoffer</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}