Paola Subacchi is Professor of International Economics at the University of London's Queen Mary Global Policy Institute and the author, most recently, of "The Cost of Free Money."
Many have claimed that the national security law China has imposed on Hong Kong will be the death of the city, stifling free speech and driving away businesses. But 10 years ago, China made Hong Kong part of a plan which, even more certainly than the national security law, is rendering the city redundant.