07-01-2020, 09:01 PM
*** 2-Jul-20 World View -- China passes Hong Kong Security Law, arrests hundreds of peaceful protesters
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** China passes Hong Kong Security Law, arrests hundreds of peaceful protesters
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A protester displays the (British) Hong Kong colonial flag on Wednesday. Under the new law, he could be sent to jail for 5 or more years. (AP)
China's National People's Congress in Beijing rubber-stamped a harsh
Hong Kong National Security Law on Tuesday, and on Wednesday arrested
over 300 peaceful protesters in Hong Kong.
On Wednesday, the Hong Kong police bragged about their first arrest on
Twitter:
<QUOTE>"#BREAKING: A man was arrested for holding a
#HKIndependence flag in #CausewayBay, Hong Kong, violating the
#NationalSecurityLaw. This is the first arrest made since the law
has come into force.
— Hong Kong Police Force (@hkpoliceforce) July 1,
2020"<END QUOTE>
So someone was carrying a "Hong Kong Independence" flag. According to
the new National Security Law, he will be in jail for 5-10 years.
The new law marks an end to the "one nation, two systems" doctrine
that the Chinese Communist Party had committed to until 2047. It also
means that China is repudiating the international commitments that it
made when the UK handed Hong Kong over to China in 1997.
This is nothing new. The CCP consider themselves to be the Master
Race, and everyone else to be barbarians, as I described in detail in
my book, "War Between China and Japan." Their officials take pleasure
in lying, knowing that the useful idiots in the Western mainstream
media will simply repeat them as if they were true. They commit to
international agreements, knowing that they're so superior, they can
simply ignore the commitments they've made.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement:
<QUOTE>"No reasonable person can assert today that Hong Kong
maintains a high degree of autonomy from China, given facts on the
ground.
Hong Kong and its dynamic, enterprising, and free people have
flourished for decades as a bastion of liberty, and this decision
gives me no pleasure. But sound policy making requires a
recognition of reality. While the United States once hoped that
free and prosperous Hong Kong would provide a model for
authoritarian China, it is now clear that China is modeling Hong
Kong after itself."<END QUOTE>
Pompeo's statement is an official government assessment that
Hong Kong will no longer be assured of receiving special considerations,
such as exemptions from tariffs imposed on Chinese goods. However,
those decisions have not yet been made.
****
**** Terms of the Hong Kong National Security Law
****
There are harsh penalties -- prison terms of 5 or 10 years or life --
for anything that fits into any one of several categories: secession,
subversion, terrorist activities, or collusion with a foreign country.
However, each of these categories is ill-defined, and so they can
be applied in any way. Simply criticizing a CCP policy could be
interpreted as subversion, for example, just as carrying an "Indpendence"
flag makes you guilty of criminal secession.
The CCP will set up its own security forces in Hong Kong, and its own
courts, with judges that it appoints. Defendants can be deported
to the mainland for trial or jailing there.
The law applies to anyone, anywhere in the world, including Americans.
This may seem strange, but it's quite consistent with the CCP view
that they're the Master Race, and the rest of the world are
barbarians.
Listening to analysts and CCP stooges today, it's pretty clear that
the CCP has had a fundamental change of attitude. In the past,
they've made concessions to the West to avoid criticisms. But what
now seems clear is that they no longer care what anyone in west
thinks. They will do whatever they want in Hong Kong, just as they've
illegally annexed and militarized the South China Sea, just as they've
arrested, jailed, tortured and enslaved millions of Uighurs -- and
they won't be deterred by anything, certainly not by a statement by
Mike Pompeo.
The CCP believes that by enforcing this new law in the harshest
possible way, then the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong will settle
down, and Hong Kong will be fully compliant within a year. History
and Generational Dynamics do not support this view.
****
**** Ladakh: India - China - Pakistan military buildup continues
****
Although there haven't been a new military clashes between Indian
and Chinese soldiers in Ladakh on the China-India border,
military buildups continue on both sides.
As I've written in the past, the Ladakh military clash is remarkably
similar to the military clash between Japanese and Chinese soldiers in
1937 in the Marco Polo Bridge Incident. The clash was resolved
quickly, but both sides brought in reinforcements. Within a month
there was full-scale war, leading to the Japanese "Rape of Nanking"
shortly thereafter. ( "13-Jun-20 World View -- China and India mobilize thousands of troops along border in Ladakh"
)
With both sides bringing reinforcements into Ladakh, the situation
is very similar.
Here are some recent developments, according to Indian media (Chinese
media is remaining quiet):
John Xenakis is author of: "World View: War Between China and Japan:
Why America Must Be Prepared" (Generational Theory Book Series, Book
2), June 2019, Paperback: 331 pages, with over 200 source references,
$13.99 https://www.amazon.com/World-View-Betwee...732738637/
Sources:
Related Articles:
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, China, Hong Kong, Security Law,
Mike Pompeo, South China Sea, Xinjiang Province, Uighurs,
Ladakh, India, China, Pakistan,
Marco Polo Bridge Incident, Japan
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- China passes Hong Kong Security Law, arrests hundreds of peaceful protesters
- Terms of the Hong Kong National Security Law
- Ladakh: India - China - Pakistan military buildup continues
****
**** China passes Hong Kong Security Law, arrests hundreds of peaceful protesters
****
A protester displays the (British) Hong Kong colonial flag on Wednesday. Under the new law, he could be sent to jail for 5 or more years. (AP)
China's National People's Congress in Beijing rubber-stamped a harsh
Hong Kong National Security Law on Tuesday, and on Wednesday arrested
over 300 peaceful protesters in Hong Kong.
On Wednesday, the Hong Kong police bragged about their first arrest on
Twitter:
<QUOTE>"#BREAKING: A man was arrested for holding a
#HKIndependence flag in #CausewayBay, Hong Kong, violating the
#NationalSecurityLaw. This is the first arrest made since the law
has come into force.
— Hong Kong Police Force (@hkpoliceforce) July 1,
2020"<END QUOTE>
So someone was carrying a "Hong Kong Independence" flag. According to
the new National Security Law, he will be in jail for 5-10 years.
The new law marks an end to the "one nation, two systems" doctrine
that the Chinese Communist Party had committed to until 2047. It also
means that China is repudiating the international commitments that it
made when the UK handed Hong Kong over to China in 1997.
This is nothing new. The CCP consider themselves to be the Master
Race, and everyone else to be barbarians, as I described in detail in
my book, "War Between China and Japan." Their officials take pleasure
in lying, knowing that the useful idiots in the Western mainstream
media will simply repeat them as if they were true. They commit to
international agreements, knowing that they're so superior, they can
simply ignore the commitments they've made.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement:
<QUOTE>"No reasonable person can assert today that Hong Kong
maintains a high degree of autonomy from China, given facts on the
ground.
Hong Kong and its dynamic, enterprising, and free people have
flourished for decades as a bastion of liberty, and this decision
gives me no pleasure. But sound policy making requires a
recognition of reality. While the United States once hoped that
free and prosperous Hong Kong would provide a model for
authoritarian China, it is now clear that China is modeling Hong
Kong after itself."<END QUOTE>
Pompeo's statement is an official government assessment that
Hong Kong will no longer be assured of receiving special considerations,
such as exemptions from tariffs imposed on Chinese goods. However,
those decisions have not yet been made.
****
**** Terms of the Hong Kong National Security Law
****
There are harsh penalties -- prison terms of 5 or 10 years or life --
for anything that fits into any one of several categories: secession,
subversion, terrorist activities, or collusion with a foreign country.
However, each of these categories is ill-defined, and so they can
be applied in any way. Simply criticizing a CCP policy could be
interpreted as subversion, for example, just as carrying an "Indpendence"
flag makes you guilty of criminal secession.
The CCP will set up its own security forces in Hong Kong, and its own
courts, with judges that it appoints. Defendants can be deported
to the mainland for trial or jailing there.
The law applies to anyone, anywhere in the world, including Americans.
This may seem strange, but it's quite consistent with the CCP view
that they're the Master Race, and the rest of the world are
barbarians.
Listening to analysts and CCP stooges today, it's pretty clear that
the CCP has had a fundamental change of attitude. In the past,
they've made concessions to the West to avoid criticisms. But what
now seems clear is that they no longer care what anyone in west
thinks. They will do whatever they want in Hong Kong, just as they've
illegally annexed and militarized the South China Sea, just as they've
arrested, jailed, tortured and enslaved millions of Uighurs -- and
they won't be deterred by anything, certainly not by a statement by
Mike Pompeo.
The CCP believes that by enforcing this new law in the harshest
possible way, then the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong will settle
down, and Hong Kong will be fully compliant within a year. History
and Generational Dynamics do not support this view.
****
**** Ladakh: India - China - Pakistan military buildup continues
****
Although there haven't been a new military clashes between Indian
and Chinese soldiers in Ladakh on the China-India border,
military buildups continue on both sides.
As I've written in the past, the Ladakh military clash is remarkably
similar to the military clash between Japanese and Chinese soldiers in
1937 in the Marco Polo Bridge Incident. The clash was resolved
quickly, but both sides brought in reinforcements. Within a month
there was full-scale war, leading to the Japanese "Rape of Nanking"
shortly thereafter. ( "13-Jun-20 World View -- China and India mobilize thousands of troops along border in Ladakh"
)
With both sides bringing reinforcements into Ladakh, the situation
is very similar.
Here are some recent developments, according to Indian media (Chinese
media is remaining quiet):
- China is massing troops in Galwan Valley, which China is
claiming as its sovereign territory for the first time. ( "25-Jun-20 World View -- Both India and China reinforce armies in Ladakh, as China makes new claim"
)
- India is sending a dozen steel patrol boats to Ladakh’s Pangong
Tso lake, to counter the Chinese Army lake fleet.
- Pakistan has moved almost 20,000 troops into Ladakh, to match
Chinese deployments. India is preparing for a two-front war
with Pakistan and China.
- India will deploy Barak-8 medium-range surface-to-air missile
systems, on loan from Israel.
John Xenakis is author of: "World View: War Between China and Japan:
Why America Must Be Prepared" (Generational Theory Book Series, Book
2), June 2019, Paperback: 331 pages, with over 200 source references,
$13.99 https://www.amazon.com/World-View-Betwee...732738637/
Sources:
- National security law: day of defiance as protests break out in Hong Kong, about 370 arrested (South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, 2-Jul-2020)
- National Security Law / Hong Kong: First arrests under 'anti-protest' law as handover marked (BBC, 1-Jul-2020)
- First arrests in HK under just-passed national security law (Business Times, Singapore, 1-Jul-2020)
- China Versus the World -- An Emboldened Beijing Seeks to Consolidate Its Power (DerSpiegel, 24-Jun-2020)
- Hong Kong security law: What is it and is it worrying? (BBC, 30-Jun-2020)
- Translation - Hong Kong National Security Law (Xinhua, DOC file, 1-Jul-2020)
- Scoop: U.S. seizes $800,000 shipment of Xinjiang products made with human hair (Axios, 1-Jul-2020)
- 5 Takeaways From China's Hong Kong National Security Law (NPR, 1-Jul-2020)
- Pakistani troop movement in Ladakh, sources say China in talks with Pak terror groups (India Today, 1-Jul-2020)
- India sending high-powered boats to match heavier Chinese vessels while patrolling Ladakh lake (Hindustan Times, 1-Jul-2020)
- India to ban Chinese companies from highway projects, says Nitin Gadkari (Hindustan Times, 1-Jul-2020)
- India to deploy Barak-8 Air Defence System in Ladakh against China (Defence Aviation Post, India, 1-Jul-2020)
- Calls to Ban Everything Chinese Gain Momentum in India Following Ladakh Standoff (Sputnik News, Moscow, 1-Jul-2020)
- Pakistan Deploys Additional 20,000 Soldiers In North Ladakh On China’s Behest – Reports (Eurasian Times, 1-Jul-2020)
Related Articles:
- US sanctions Hong Kong as activists protest 'March of the Volunteers' (28-May-2020)
- Minister suggests Japan will defend Taiwan against military invasion by China (24-May-2020)
- China to pass law threatening full control of Hong Kong (22-May-2020)
- Hong Kong holds massive peaceful pro-democracy demonstration (09-Dec-2019)
- Both India and China reinforce armies in Ladakh, as China makes new claim (25-Jun-2020)
- Nationwide protests in India demand revenge against China (19-Jun-2020)
- China and India mobilize thousands of troops along border in Ladakh (13-Jun-2020)
- Generational Theory: Is nuclear war with China inevitable? (17-May-2020)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, China, Hong Kong, Security Law,
Mike Pompeo, South China Sea, Xinjiang Province, Uighurs,
Ladakh, India, China, Pakistan,
Marco Polo Bridge Incident, Japan
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