Will Wealth Bring Democracy to Hong Kong?
As long as Hong Kong’s economy is booming, calls for democracy will remain on the backburner
Articles By: Tiffany Wen 
Tiffany Wen has been a Staff Writer since Spring 2009, and has written on Hong Kong, US-China relations, education reform, and the relationship between oil prices and politics. She is a senior in Winthrop House, studying economics. In the past, Tiffany has interned in the U.S. Senate and with the U.S. Department of State in Washington and in China, and she hopes to pursue a career in the U.S. Foreign Service. On campus, Tiffany is the former chair of the Fellows and Study Groups program at the Institute of Politics. She is also an active member of the Harvard College Democrats, Delta Gamma, and Mainly Jazz Dance Company. Tiffany is originally from Newark, Delaware, and she enjoys figure skating, musical theater, running, the Philadelphia Eagles, and cheese.
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