{"id":146228,"date":"2026-02-15T12:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T12:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146228"},"modified":"2026-02-15T12:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T12:30:08","slug":"hong-kongs-success-debunks-the-false-binary-of-security-vs-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146228","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong\u2019s success debunks the false binary of security vs freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAs a long-time observer of Hong Kong affairs \u2013 and someone who cares deeply about the city \u2013 I have often felt that external debates about Hong Kong have been louder than careful assessments of how the city is actually evolving.<br \/>\nSince the implementation of the national security law, discussion of Hong Kong has often become polarised. Less attention has been paid to outcomes and observable change. From where I stand, however, a clear shift is under way: the city has moved from prolonged&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/hong-kong-opinion\/article\/3343500\/hong-kongs-success-debunks-false-binary-security-vs-freedom?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAs a long-time observer of Hong Kong affairs \u2013 and someone who cares deeply about the city \u2013 I have often felt that external&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146228"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}