Chinese Plans to Destroy Democracy in Hong Kong

An excellent article from William Yang documenting the efforts of the Chinese Communist Party to destroy liberty and democracy in Hong Kong:

On Monday, Xia Bao-long, the director of China’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, gave a speech that highlighted the importance of ensuring Hong Kong’s democratic development doesn’t deviate from the principle of “letting patriots run Hong Kong.” He said the most important and urgent task now is to “strengthen the relevant mechanisms,” and these efforts need to be led by the central government.
“The most vital and pressing task to enforce rules by patriots is to improve the relevant systems, particularly the relevant electoral system,” Xia said in the speech. “Being patriotic means loving the People’s Republic of China.”

He also said authorities must close loopholes that allow “anti-China troublemakers” into politics. “Improving the relevant electoral system must be led by the central government,” he added.

Xia laid out the criteria for what makes a “real patriot,” including love for the People’s Republic of China, its constitution, and the Communist Party of China. He said members of the judiciary should also be patriots, which could be viewed as a warning to those who worry that Hong Kong’s judicial independence might come under pressure from Beijing.

“Beijing will exclude political forces regarded as non-patriotic through electoral reform,” Choy said. “They will be excluded from participating in elections and public institutions.”
Even though Xia emphasized in the speech that “One Country Two Systems” is still the foundation of how China manages Hong Kong, Choy thinks that Beijing definitely puts a lot more emphasis on the “one country” than the “two systems.”
As for what kind of people will be deemed as “non-patriots,” Choy thinks politicians who have clear anti-CCP or pro-Hong Kong independence stances or those who are accused of colluding with foreign power could be easily considered as “non-patriots.”

@Philokalia

Single-party states never long tolerate dissent.

Taiwan should be wary.

@moonbus said
@Philokalia

Single-party states never long tolerate dissent.

Taiwan should be wary.

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WW3 cometh 🤗

@Philokalia

Well said.

You are 100% right about her.

Please note, Duchess has attempted to "talk" about Chinese plans to destroy democracy in Hong Kong by

- Bringing up British colonialism
- Bringing up Taiwan

She refuses to acknowledge what will actually be happening in the Hong Kong government due to these policies, and how these policies themselves are anti-democratic & totalitarian, and reflective of Chinese Communism.

Nobody should take anything she says about social justice or democracy in the West seriously.

Either she must duly criticize Chinese Communist totalitarianism, and then be taken seriously as a poster, or she must abandon her criticisms of the West, and then be properly understood as a ChiCom loyalist whose chief act is providing a shallow propaganda puppet show to distract us from the bitter realities about human rights violations in China.

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The Palestinians were conquered.

Quite easily actually 🤔

A stroke of a pen lmao 🤣