Chinese dictator Xi Jinping signed a decree on
Tuesday enacting a “national security” law that allows the Communist
Party to antagonize and prosecute dissidents in Hong Kong, triggering
global condemnation and widespread concern among participants in the
Hong Kong pro-democracy movement.
The city – technically part of a China, but legally autonomous from
Beijing – has experienced over a year of ongoing protests against
China’s many attempts to undermine the “One Country, Two Systems” policy
that allows Hongkongers the right to free speech and free assembly. The
protest movement took off in mid-2019 in response to a proposed law in
the Hong Kong Legislative Council (LegCo) that would have allowed China
to extradite anyone present in the city if accused of violating
Communist Party laws, which include prison sentences for crimes like
“picking quarrels and provoking trouble.”
I'm old enough to remember when we had freedom of assembly in the USA outside of protesting/rioting against our Republic.
ReplyDeleteYes and rioters were shot.
DeleteStupid Hong Kong. They believed the Chinese. But they really had no choice. The lease was up. I guess they could have burned it all to the ground and relocated to the UK, but I dont think that was an offer.
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