Al Reyes: Politics and Protest in Hong Kong

Al Reyes: Politics and Protest in Hong Kong

This week's episode of Asia Unscripted features Alejandro T. Reyes, Director of Knowledge Dissemination and a visiting associate professor at Asia Global Institute. Prior to joining the institute, he was for two years senior policy adviser to the Assistant Deputy Minister for Asia Pacific and Convenor of the Asia Pacific Policy Hub at Global Affairs Canada, the Canadian foreign ministry. He has also served as a senior policy adviser to the Canadian Foreign Minister and was a Hong Kong-based independent consultant from 2001 to 2017. In the following clips, Mr. Reyes speaks about governance and politics in Hong Kong and the 2019 Hong Kong protests.

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