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| What Hong Kong unrest tells us about China's plans for the rest of the world |
| 2019-08-14 |
| [FOX] The outside world can do little to assure the future of freedom in Hong Kong beyond making the case that preserving the principles of liberty are at stake. Nevertheless, the plight of that territory’s more than 7 million souls can teach us an important lesson about what China has in mind for the rest of the world. It is not good. For starters, the continuing protests speak volumes about China’s commitment to "one country two systems." When the British transferred sovereignty over Hong Kong to China in 1997, Beijing agreed to this arrangement. It guaranteed that Hong Kong would be allowed to maintain its own governance and economic system. The Hong Kong system‐one of great economic freedom--has produced tremendous economic success. But economic freedom is no more popular than political freedom among the Chinese Communist Party. And in recent years, Chinese authorities have been encroaching on the rights supposedly guaranteed to Hong Kongers under the "one country, two systems" agreement. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #2 What does Hong Kong unrest tell us about China's plans for the rest of the world that we didn't already know? My only surprise is the "one country, two systems" thing lasted as long as it did. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-08-14 19:10 |
| #1 After all, they note, the USSR’s demise didn’t stop the People’s Army from rolling tanks into Tiananmen Square. The Tienanmen massacre was one of the triggers of the collapse of the Soviet empire 1989-1991 not vice versa. |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2019-08-14 10:31 |