06-15-2019, 10:08 AM
** 15-Jun-2019 World View: Hong Kong government backs down on extradition law
After a week of Hong Kong's largest pro-democracy protests
since the 1997 handover of Britain's colony to China, and
perhaps the largest since the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre,
Hong Kong's government temporarily backed down on the passage
of the disputed extradition law.
The law would permit Hong Kong's government to extradite anyone in
Hong Kong -- citizens, businessmen and tourists alike -- to China, to
be tried by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) thugs in Beijing courts.
When Britain handed Hong Kong over to China in 1997, there was a "one
country, two systems" agreement that would allow HK to retain its own
social legal and political systems. There was a strong firewall in
the agreement between the two legal systems that the extradition law
would breach.
China already feels free to abduct people in Hong Kong, and has done
so. But these abductions have generated bad publicity for the CCP.
Under the extradition law, the CCP can simply order Hong Kong to
arrest anyone, even someone passing through the airport, and ship him
off to the CCP thungs in Beijing.
With activisits planning massive new pro-democracy demonstrations on
Sunday, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam, who was selected by Beijing,
announced on Saturday:
Activists are demanding that the extradition law be scrapped
completely, so this temporary suspension will not satisfy
activists.
As positions have hardened, this issue has taken on a symbolism
that goes far beyond Hong Kong.
Hardliners in Beijing will be strengthened, and are blaming
the situation of Xi Jinping, who has personal responsibility
for Hong Kong. Xi's position as "dictator for life" is
not 100% secure, and a palace coup would undoubtedly bring
to power someone younger and even more bellicose and belligerent.
Hardliners in Taiwan will also be strengthened. China has been using
a carrot and stick approach with Taiwan. On the one hand, Chinese
officials say that any move toward independence would result in
military reprisals. On the other hand, China has been on a continual
charm offensive to convince the Taiwanese people how much better off
they'd be as a province of China. Part of that charm offensive has
been to claim that Taiwan could have the same "one country, two
systems" perks that Hong Kong has. The protests in Hong Kong have
emboldened the pro-independence factions.
In my new book, War between China and Japan, I emphasized that my
criticisms of China are with the CCP, not with the Chinese people.
The following table appears later in my book. The table shows the
average IQ (intelligence) and income for several countries, ranked by
IQ, based on 9 international studies conducted between 1990-2010:
You can see from this table that the Chinese people are extremely
intelligent, but that the income of the Chinese people in Taiwan
and Hong Kong is ten times as great as that of the Chinese
people in China, and the quality of life is much better. The
same is true of Hong Kong, which was a British colony until 1997.
This is an important point. Some people who reviewed early versions
of this book criticized it because it seemed to be racist to say that
the Chinese people were totally incompetent. But this is not about
race. The Chinese are great people, and very intelligent. The really
stupid people in China are those in the CCP, who only care about
keeping their power and their money and their mistresses, and don't
care about the devastation they're causing to the great Chinese
people.
Every year, the Chinese people in Taiwan (and Hong Kong) are
substantially more successful than the Chinese people in China. This
is a major embarrassment and humiliation to the CCP. No wonder the
CCP would like to destroy Taiwan's government, so that the Chinese
people in Taiwan will be as poor and miserable as the Chinese people
in China.
The same is also true of Japan. Japan has repeatedly and consistently
bested China in all areas -- economically, diplomatically, militarily,
and in governance. The bottom line appears to be the fact that the
reason that China suffered a "Century of Humiliation" is because they
were inferior to Japan, time after time.
This is not because the Chinese people are inferior. In fact, the
same Chinese people in Taiwan and colonial Hong Kong have also beaten
the Chinese people in China, by a factor of ten. It's the Chinese
government that's inferior to the governments of Japan, Taiwan and
South Korea. The great and brilliant Chinese people are being led by
corrupt idiots in the CCP.
The Chinese are running out of time in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and they
know it. The survivors of Mao's Communist Revolution are almost all
gone now, and the younger generations are increasingly anti-communist
and pro-democracy and pro-independence. At the same time, China's own
economy is hugely unstable and under pressure from the US tariffs.
China's entire business model, which involves stealing intellectual
property from the West, is also under attack.
China cannot tolerate this situation much longer. For 30 years, China
has been conducting a vitriolic hate campaign against Japan, and has
been planning for war to annex Taiwan and exterminate the Japanese.
The Chinese do not want war with the US (because they like us), but
they've been preparing for full-scale war with the US because they
know that the US will defend Japan and Taiwan.
----- Sources:
-- Bowing to pressure, Hong Kong leader suspends extradition bill
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongk...SKCN1TG01Z
(Reuters, 15-Jun-2019)
-- Hong Kong unrest alarms Taiwan with wary eye on China
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asi...l-11629986
(ChannelNewsAsia/AFP, 15-Jun-2019)
-- Hong Kong tycoons start moving assets offshore as fears rise over
new extradition law
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asi...n-11628446
(ChannelNewsAsia/Reuters, 14-Jun-2019)
-- China's Hard Line in Hong Kong Boosts Beijing Critics in Taiwan
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...-in-taiwan
(Bloomberg, 13-Jun-2019)
---- Related:
World View: War Between China and Japan: Why America Must Be Prepared
(Generational Theory Book Series, Book 2)
by John James Xenakis
Paperback: 331 pages, over 200 source references, $13.99
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1732738637/
After a week of Hong Kong's largest pro-democracy protests
since the 1997 handover of Britain's colony to China, and
perhaps the largest since the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre,
Hong Kong's government temporarily backed down on the passage
of the disputed extradition law.
The law would permit Hong Kong's government to extradite anyone in
Hong Kong -- citizens, businessmen and tourists alike -- to China, to
be tried by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) thugs in Beijing courts.
When Britain handed Hong Kong over to China in 1997, there was a "one
country, two systems" agreement that would allow HK to retain its own
social legal and political systems. There was a strong firewall in
the agreement between the two legal systems that the extradition law
would breach.
China already feels free to abduct people in Hong Kong, and has done
so. But these abductions have generated bad publicity for the CCP.
Under the extradition law, the CCP can simply order Hong Kong to
arrest anyone, even someone passing through the airport, and ship him
off to the CCP thungs in Beijing.
With activisits planning massive new pro-democracy demonstrations on
Sunday, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam, who was selected by Beijing,
announced on Saturday:
Quote: "After repeated internal deliberations over the last
two days, I now announce that the government has decided to
suspend the legislative amendment exercise, restart our
communication with all sectors of society, do more explanation
work and listen to different views of society."
Activists are demanding that the extradition law be scrapped
completely, so this temporary suspension will not satisfy
activists.
As positions have hardened, this issue has taken on a symbolism
that goes far beyond Hong Kong.
Hardliners in Beijing will be strengthened, and are blaming
the situation of Xi Jinping, who has personal responsibility
for Hong Kong. Xi's position as "dictator for life" is
not 100% secure, and a palace coup would undoubtedly bring
to power someone younger and even more bellicose and belligerent.
Hardliners in Taiwan will also be strengthened. China has been using
a carrot and stick approach with Taiwan. On the one hand, Chinese
officials say that any move toward independence would result in
military reprisals. On the other hand, China has been on a continual
charm offensive to convince the Taiwanese people how much better off
they'd be as a province of China. Part of that charm offensive has
been to claim that Taiwan could have the same "one country, two
systems" perks that Hong Kong has. The protests in Hong Kong have
emboldened the pro-independence factions.
In my new book, War between China and Japan, I emphasized that my
criticisms of China are with the CCP, not with the Chinese people.
The following table appears later in my book. The table shows the
average IQ (intelligence) and income for several countries, ranked by
IQ, based on 9 international studies conducted between 1990-2010:
Code:
Rank Country IQ Income per capita
1 Singapore 108 $25,407
2 Hong Kong 108 $25,419
3 Taiwan 106 $25,000
4 South Korea 106 $13,710
5 Japan 105 $36,785
6 China 104 $ 1,375
27 United States 98 $36,609You can see from this table that the Chinese people are extremely
intelligent, but that the income of the Chinese people in Taiwan
and Hong Kong is ten times as great as that of the Chinese
people in China, and the quality of life is much better. The
same is true of Hong Kong, which was a British colony until 1997.
This is an important point. Some people who reviewed early versions
of this book criticized it because it seemed to be racist to say that
the Chinese people were totally incompetent. But this is not about
race. The Chinese are great people, and very intelligent. The really
stupid people in China are those in the CCP, who only care about
keeping their power and their money and their mistresses, and don't
care about the devastation they're causing to the great Chinese
people.
Every year, the Chinese people in Taiwan (and Hong Kong) are
substantially more successful than the Chinese people in China. This
is a major embarrassment and humiliation to the CCP. No wonder the
CCP would like to destroy Taiwan's government, so that the Chinese
people in Taiwan will be as poor and miserable as the Chinese people
in China.
The same is also true of Japan. Japan has repeatedly and consistently
bested China in all areas -- economically, diplomatically, militarily,
and in governance. The bottom line appears to be the fact that the
reason that China suffered a "Century of Humiliation" is because they
were inferior to Japan, time after time.
This is not because the Chinese people are inferior. In fact, the
same Chinese people in Taiwan and colonial Hong Kong have also beaten
the Chinese people in China, by a factor of ten. It's the Chinese
government that's inferior to the governments of Japan, Taiwan and
South Korea. The great and brilliant Chinese people are being led by
corrupt idiots in the CCP.
The Chinese are running out of time in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and they
know it. The survivors of Mao's Communist Revolution are almost all
gone now, and the younger generations are increasingly anti-communist
and pro-democracy and pro-independence. At the same time, China's own
economy is hugely unstable and under pressure from the US tariffs.
China's entire business model, which involves stealing intellectual
property from the West, is also under attack.
China cannot tolerate this situation much longer. For 30 years, China
has been conducting a vitriolic hate campaign against Japan, and has
been planning for war to annex Taiwan and exterminate the Japanese.
The Chinese do not want war with the US (because they like us), but
they've been preparing for full-scale war with the US because they
know that the US will defend Japan and Taiwan.
----- Sources:
-- Bowing to pressure, Hong Kong leader suspends extradition bill
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongk...SKCN1TG01Z
(Reuters, 15-Jun-2019)
-- Hong Kong unrest alarms Taiwan with wary eye on China
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asi...l-11629986
(ChannelNewsAsia/AFP, 15-Jun-2019)
-- Hong Kong tycoons start moving assets offshore as fears rise over
new extradition law
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asi...n-11628446
(ChannelNewsAsia/Reuters, 14-Jun-2019)
-- China's Hard Line in Hong Kong Boosts Beijing Critics in Taiwan
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...-in-taiwan
(Bloomberg, 13-Jun-2019)
---- Related:
World View: War Between China and Japan: Why America Must Be Prepared
(Generational Theory Book Series, Book 2)
by John James Xenakis
Paperback: 331 pages, over 200 source references, $13.99
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1732738637/
