
You would think with the whole world mad at you for letting a virus escape a wet market and infect literally all of humanity, you would keep your head down and try and get on with finding the source/a cure/a vaccine. But that's not how China rolls. While the pandemic was not intentional, taking advantage of the world being more than pre-occupied with its health and making a further move to restrict freedoms in Hong Kong was. Is China getting a little too big for its boots or has it yet again just been misunderstood? Here to discuss the history, geopolitics and possible futures of the ex British Crown Colony with me this episode is Austin Williams (@future_cities) lecturer, director of the Future Cities Project (futurecities.org.uk) and founder of the MantTownHuman manifesto.