11-02-2019, 02:36 PM
** 02-Nov-2019 World View: CCP plots mysterious Hong Kong change, as riots continue
Thousands of angry protesters continued anti-government demonstrations
in Hong Kong on Saturday, after they had already gone on for 22 weeks.
The violence was the worst in weeks, as they set fire to metro
stations and vandalized buildings including China’s official Xinhua
news agency. The police responded with tear gas and water cannons,
resulting in enormous chaos.
However, the big Hong Kong news this week was non-news -- the
mysterious unspecified governmental changes that the Chinese Communist
Party (CCP) in Beijing is planning. Hong Kong was the main agenda
item on a four-day meeting, or plenum, of top CCP leaders in Beijing
this week, where Xi Jinping is said to have further consolidated his
power as dictator, the most powerful since Mao Zedong, who caused
disaster in China, killing tens of millions of people and almost
completely destroying China's agricultural infrasture with the Great
Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution.
Now Xi Jinping will have the opportunity to do something equally
disastrous in Hong Kong. We don't know what the CCP is going to do,
but we can be pretty sure that, whatever it is, it will make
things worse.
At a press conference, Shen Chunyao, a CCP official, said that the
"one country, two systems" philosophy would be continued. He said the
following about the plenum decision:
So it sounds like the CCP plans to change how Hong Kong is governed,
but no specific information is provided.
We do know that it will emphasize national security, which means
that it will be even more repressive, which will really piss people
off.
And we also know that there will be an emphasis of education of young
people in "the constitution and the Basic Law, Chinese history and
culture, in order to boost their national consciousness and patriotic
spirit," which will REALLY piss people off.
The problem with teaching Chinese history to Hong Kongers is that most
of the people are descendants of people who fled the CCP under Mao in
1949 and then lived under benign British rule, so teaching history
will certainly remind them of Mao's bloody dictatorship.
At any rate, all we know is that the CCP is plotting some mysterious
change in Hong Kong's government. Hong Kongers will have to wait
breathlessly to see what it is.
---- Sources:
-- Beijing reiterates call for Hong Kong to prioritise national
security, patriotic education
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomac...l-security
(South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, 1-Nov-2019)
-- Hong Kong protesters trash Xinhua agency office in night of
violence
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongk...SKBN1XC03J
(Reuters, 2-Nov-2019)
Thousands of angry protesters continued anti-government demonstrations
in Hong Kong on Saturday, after they had already gone on for 22 weeks.
The violence was the worst in weeks, as they set fire to metro
stations and vandalized buildings including China’s official Xinhua
news agency. The police responded with tear gas and water cannons,
resulting in enormous chaos.
However, the big Hong Kong news this week was non-news -- the
mysterious unspecified governmental changes that the Chinese Communist
Party (CCP) in Beijing is planning. Hong Kong was the main agenda
item on a four-day meeting, or plenum, of top CCP leaders in Beijing
this week, where Xi Jinping is said to have further consolidated his
power as dictator, the most powerful since Mao Zedong, who caused
disaster in China, killing tens of millions of people and almost
completely destroying China's agricultural infrasture with the Great
Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution.
Now Xi Jinping will have the opportunity to do something equally
disastrous in Hong Kong. We don't know what the CCP is going to do,
but we can be pretty sure that, whatever it is, it will make
things worse.
At a press conference, Shen Chunyao, a CCP official, said that the
"one country, two systems" philosophy would be continued. He said the
following about the plenum decision:
Quote: "Ruling Hong Kong and Macau under the one country, two
systems policy is a key component of the governance system of our
country and it was an important item for discussion at the
plenum. ...
We must uphold the principle that ‘one country’ is the top
priority and the foundation for the implementation of ‘two
systems’, and ‘two systems’ must belong to and come under ‘one
country’ and be unified within ‘one country’. ...
The plenum has made the decision that we must enhance the system
and mechanism over the appointment of the chief executive and
principal officials in the special administrative regions, and the
system over the interpretation of the Basic Law by the National
People’s Congress, enabling the central government to exercise its
authority as stipulated in the constitution and the Basic Law.
[We will] establish a sound legal system and enforcement mechanism
for the safeguarding of national security in the special
administrative regions, and support the special administrative
regions in strengthening law enforcement.
[We will] strengthen national education of Hong Kong and Macau
people, especially civil servants and youth, including education
of the constitution and the Basic Law, Chinese history and
culture, in order to boost their national consciousness and
patriotic spirit."
So it sounds like the CCP plans to change how Hong Kong is governed,
but no specific information is provided.
We do know that it will emphasize national security, which means
that it will be even more repressive, which will really piss people
off.
And we also know that there will be an emphasis of education of young
people in "the constitution and the Basic Law, Chinese history and
culture, in order to boost their national consciousness and patriotic
spirit," which will REALLY piss people off.
The problem with teaching Chinese history to Hong Kongers is that most
of the people are descendants of people who fled the CCP under Mao in
1949 and then lived under benign British rule, so teaching history
will certainly remind them of Mao's bloody dictatorship.
At any rate, all we know is that the CCP is plotting some mysterious
change in Hong Kong's government. Hong Kongers will have to wait
breathlessly to see what it is.
---- Sources:
-- Beijing reiterates call for Hong Kong to prioritise national
security, patriotic education
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomac...l-security
(South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, 1-Nov-2019)
-- Hong Kong protesters trash Xinhua agency office in night of
violence
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongk...SKBN1XC03J
(Reuters, 2-Nov-2019)
