Hong Kong’s increasingly xenophobic protests are devolving into chaos with help from US government regime-change outfits and a right-wing local media tycoon with close ties to hardliners in Washington. By Dan Cohen President Donald Trump tweeted on August 13 that he “can’t imagine why” the United States has been blamed for the chaotic protests that have gripped Hong Kong.  Trump’s befuddlement might be understandable considering the carefully managed narrative of the US government and its unofficial media apparatus, which have … Continue reading Behind a made-for-TV Hong Kong protest narrative, Washington is backing nativism and mob violence