Slide 2, “really encapsulates a central question to the story,” said Todd James. “Which is: Are the people in Hong Kong going to fight for democracy, or are they just going to settle for a nice luxury watch?”
Michael Paterniti, who wrote the article that accompanies the photo essay from the June 2012 issue of the magazine, describes “a growing sense of unease” in the city: “a discomfort that stands in direct opposition to the heady, auspicious days when Hong Kong was one of Asia’s great business capitals.”
China, Mr. Paterniti continues, “has become the shadow, the inference, the chimera and the overlord in every conversation.”
