05-11-2019, 12:57 PM
** 11-May-2019 World View: Hong Kong parliament fistfight over pro-Beijing vs pro-democracy
A fistfight broke out in Hong Kong's parliament on Saturday over a
proposed law that would permit Hong Kong to deport anyone who breaks
any law to mainland China, where he will be subject to the typical
abuse of China's courts, including torture, isolation, and arbitrary
executions.
Beijing has been trying to get the parliament to pass the new law, but
they've been unable to do so. The fistfight began because Beijing has
tried to replace a pro-democracy legislator with a pro-Beijing
legislator, in order to get the law passed.
Since World War II, China has been repeatedly humiliated, as its
citizens have remain poor and oppressed, as Japan, Taiwan, South
Korea, and colonial Hong Kong have all had "economic miracles" that
made the citizens in those counties a lot wealthier and happier than
Chinese citizens.
Since the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, where the Chinese Communist
Party (CCP) slaughtered thousands of young pro-democracy protesters,
the CCP has been conducting harsh violent crackdowns on anything that
could be interpreted as "pro-democracy," including the violent
suppression of religions. At the same time, the CCP adopted a
vitriolic anti-Japan hate campaign, in order to stoke nationalism
instead of pro-democracy feelings.
When Xi Jinping came to power in 2013, the CCP issued "Document Number
9," which codified CCP hostility to Western values, including freedom
of speech and press, as being a Western plot to undermine the CCP.
Document Number 9 particularly was used for a harsh crackdown on Hong
Kong media and Hong Kong pro-democracy demonstrations, including the
jailing of many demonstrators.
Under the new law, if passed, pro-democracy demonstrators would not be
tried in Hong Kong, but would be deported to mainland China, where
they could simply be thrown into a pit and forgotten.
China does have a problem is that a lot of Western business is done
through Hong Kong because it's the civilized face of China. As China
continues to crack down on Hong Kong, it will become as violent and
poor as the rest of China, which will make it far less useful to China
as a civilized gateway.
----- Sources:
-- Hong Kong lawmakers scuffle in parliament
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/m...parliament
(Guardian/AP)
-- Document Number 9
http://www.chinafile.com/document-9-chin...ranslation
(China File, Document Number 9, 8-Nov-2013)
A fistfight broke out in Hong Kong's parliament on Saturday over a
proposed law that would permit Hong Kong to deport anyone who breaks
any law to mainland China, where he will be subject to the typical
abuse of China's courts, including torture, isolation, and arbitrary
executions.
Beijing has been trying to get the parliament to pass the new law, but
they've been unable to do so. The fistfight began because Beijing has
tried to replace a pro-democracy legislator with a pro-Beijing
legislator, in order to get the law passed.
Since World War II, China has been repeatedly humiliated, as its
citizens have remain poor and oppressed, as Japan, Taiwan, South
Korea, and colonial Hong Kong have all had "economic miracles" that
made the citizens in those counties a lot wealthier and happier than
Chinese citizens.
Since the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, where the Chinese Communist
Party (CCP) slaughtered thousands of young pro-democracy protesters,
the CCP has been conducting harsh violent crackdowns on anything that
could be interpreted as "pro-democracy," including the violent
suppression of religions. At the same time, the CCP adopted a
vitriolic anti-Japan hate campaign, in order to stoke nationalism
instead of pro-democracy feelings.
When Xi Jinping came to power in 2013, the CCP issued "Document Number
9," which codified CCP hostility to Western values, including freedom
of speech and press, as being a Western plot to undermine the CCP.
Document Number 9 particularly was used for a harsh crackdown on Hong
Kong media and Hong Kong pro-democracy demonstrations, including the
jailing of many demonstrators.
Under the new law, if passed, pro-democracy demonstrators would not be
tried in Hong Kong, but would be deported to mainland China, where
they could simply be thrown into a pit and forgotten.
China does have a problem is that a lot of Western business is done
through Hong Kong because it's the civilized face of China. As China
continues to crack down on Hong Kong, it will become as violent and
poor as the rest of China, which will make it far less useful to China
as a civilized gateway.
----- Sources:
-- Hong Kong lawmakers scuffle in parliament
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/m...parliament
(Guardian/AP)
-- Document Number 9
http://www.chinafile.com/document-9-chin...ranslation
(China File, Document Number 9, 8-Nov-2013)
