Posted on 05/28/2020 12:49:37 AM PDT by wanganghi
China officially has the broad power to quash unrest in Hong Kong, as the country’s legislature on Thursday nearly unanimously approved a plan to suppress subversion, secession, terrorism and seemingly any acts that might threaten national security in the semiautonomous city.
As Beijing hashes out the specifics of the national security legislation in the coming weeks, the final rules will help determine the fate of Hong Kong, including how much of the city’s autonomy will be preserved or how much Beijing will tighten its grip.
Early signals from Chinese authorities point to a crackdown once the law takes effect, which is expected by September.
Activist groups could be banned. Courts could impose long jail sentences for national security violations. China’s feared security agencies could operate openly in the city.
Even Hong Kong’s chief executive this week appeared to hint that certain civil liberties might not be an enduring feature of Hong Kong life. “We are a very free society, so for the time being, people have the freedom to say whatever they want to say,” said the chief executive, Carrie Lam, noting, “Rights and freedoms are not absolute.”
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BOYCOTT CHINA!
I’m trying to do my part. In the market for a new BBQ grill, only considering “made in USA.” Hey, it’s a start.
NYTimes: Chinese idiocy presented as fact LOL!
“Rights and freedoms are not absolute.” She gave up, anyone who accepts they can deny basic rights.
For Carrie Lam, 30 pieces of silver goes far these days. If HK govt. worked for the people of HK rather than being a lap dog for Peking, protests and national security laws wouldn’t have been needed.
I refuse to purchase a single iten marked ‘ Made in China ‘ . Regardless of what I may need .NOT ONE DAMN THING! Ever again . Zero.
If you shop on EBay , be careful . Ask the seller, they often conceal China origin until you receive it.
Take the time to research your purchase on ebay amazon and other sites, trickery is abound. I have cancelled 2 orders already when I found after purchase that the company had a US address and name but were from china! The American people can bring them down without the politicians but it has to be a concerted effort
Next up will be Taiwan.
Next time your in the grocery store check the frozen seafood section. Look on the back bottom of the package. It will probably say product of CHINA.
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Or it may state Product of Vietnam.
Another communist country where we lost 51,000 Americans so we can import crap fish and shrimp from them while American fishermen are driven out of business.
Back in the day everything used to be made in Korea - things would be stamped “Made in the USA” - fooled people for a long time until it was discovered they were made in USA, Korea ...
I always recommend that people just go to estate sales, garage sales, pawn shops, thrift stores, or church yard sales if they just cant find something new made in America they want.
Buying used doesnt put a dime in China’s pocket.
Another communist country where we lost 51,000 Americans so we can import crap fish and shrimp from them while American fishermen are driven out of business.
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58,318 dead.
American *commercial* fishermen are driven out of business - as part of the ‘War on Natural Resource Harvesters’ begun under RM Nixon, and also another early assault on the Constitution: all men are created equal, except some have superior rights.
What a Surprise! Not. Be surprised at the Sun shining if you are surprised at Chicoms acting like Chicoms. The politically correct creepozoids of this world ‘giving back’ whole populations to tyrants who look at people as so much meat instead of souls. Liberalism really is a mental disease, with dire consequences for Everyone.
The Secretary of State has already publicly stated that Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China.
Under recent (last year’s) legislation, that will trigger review of Hong Kong’s very favorable trade and financial status - including the convertibility of the Hong Kong Dollar.
That could be a significant blow to China Inc.
They need hard foreign currency for the many imports they rely on, like oil, gas, minerals, metals, agricultural products and technology. The Hong Kong Dollar has been their main gateway, because few want the monopoly money (Yuan or Renminbi) that the ChiComs print with abandon.
One the one hand, the current state of Hong Kong’s government was supposed to remain for fifty years from the time China and the U.K. inked the agreement by which the U.K. gave up Hong Kong.
However, China has steadily eroded the local independence of Hong Kong, in defiance of the agreement ever since it was signed. Even if it had lasted the fifty years, at least, total control by Beijing was inevitable.
It is true, on a “nationalist” level, Hong Kong as a separate entity from China was an embarrassing reminder of the days of China’s last weak emperor’s when European’s, Russia, Japan and the U.S. demanded and received “concessions” from China (control of port cities) for themselves.
Yet, over the course of time, and due to the level of local control under the U.K. and the government in Hong Kong established by the U.K. prior to its departure, the political culture of the mainland and the political culture of Hong Kong are distinct, not the same and not shared political values.
What remains a “state” is a political entity more than an ethnic one, more than one defined by common language and “race”. A very good many Hong Kong folks think of themselves as Hong Kongers not “Chinese”, which they identify as the mainlanders.
Historically you can understand a government in Beijing that claims the “nationalist” mantle of “China” and that “nationalist” view about Hong Kong. HOWEVER, the actual problem is not that mantle, but just who, politically, is claiming it. If Mao had lost the civil war, the U.K. and China would have still have ended the U.K. control of Hong Kong, but a mainland run as Taiwan is today is not a mainland Hong Kong would feel the need to be “independent” of.
In the end, the real problem about Hong Kong is not “China”. It’s the Communist dictators in charge of China. Hong Kong would embrace a China not run by them.
Honey Badger Nation.
They do it by listimg Hong Kong as the shipping address. Its obviously easy to spot for most.
We need to demand Amazon start listing country of origin in their listings.
Needed a stopwatch/ timer for truck driving. Not a single one made outside of Communist China on Amazon.
Avoid NewEgg. The Communist Chinese bought it a few years ago.
Avoid AMC and Epic Games, Activision for the same reasons
That is a good, concise, summary.
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