Posted on 11/26/2020 5:49:13 PM PST by SeekAndFind
On Thursday, all 15 of the remaining pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong resigned from the Legislative Council after staging a noisy protest in the legislature's chamber.
The day before, the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China had expelled from the body four legislators labeled "infamous" by Global Times, a Communist Party publication, for their opposition views.
Moments before the expulsions, the HKSAR government, as it is called, had received authorization, in the form of a "Decision" from the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the legislature of the Chinese central government.
Specifically, the Standing Committee decided that a member of Legco, as the Hong Kong legislature is known, does not meet the legal requirements for holding office if such legislator advocates or supports "Hong Kong independence," refuses to recognize China's sovereignty over Hong Kong, seeks interference in the HKSAR affairs by foreign countries or external forces, or commits other acts endangering national security.
The Decision essentially gave Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, the territory's most senior political official, the power on her own to determine who meets the legal requirements to serve in the Legislative Council.
In effect, Beijing, for all intents and purposes, ended representative governance in Hong Kong on Wednesday.
Lam had already been exercising near-dictatorial powers to support China's interests. For instance, she delayed for a year the Legislative Council elections scheduled for September 6. She said she was trying to prevent the spread of coronavirus, but a motivating factor was protecting pro-Beijing forces from getting clobbered in the voting. China's allies had been clobbered the previous November in District Council elections.
As Jamil Anderlini of the Financial Times put it on Wednesday, "China's 'Recolonization' of Hong Kong Could Soon Be Complete."
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That’s nice, dear. The American citizenry is the largest armed force in the history of the world. Very slow, long fuse. Once lit may God have mercy on your soul, your families, even your pets.
If bidet becomes President with mattressback pulling the strings, I would guess Taiwan first, because we will fall in due time.
As long as they bring masks and rna vaccines, obviously we will submit. We have had cities burn, holidays cancelled and we comply. The state of the world reminds me of the end of ww1. Suddenly the death March of global tyranny is welcomed in all over the world.
“...I would guess Taiwan first...”
Will Chairman Jao join military forces with Chairman XI to invade Taiwan? Inquiring minds want to know.
And Joe Biden will deliver it to them.
Us libtards envious of commie china’s power to declare political opponents as illegal and kick them out of government representative offices.
If confirmed, Joey Xi will congratulate the Premier of China and condemn the actions of the PEOPLE of Hong Kong....
A BIDEN WIN WILL BE AN AWARD TO CHINA FOR USING COVID 19
Every time an American looked at an item for where it was made in it came from China. Now China’s reliance making everything was being threatened by a change in leadership in America which was a major consumer of those products. When Americans hailed their leaders decision to make many of them in their country US. Their politburo worried.
Worse yet opponents to the Chinese regime in power had its citizens protesting its policies , as in Hong Kong, since that change in American leadership wave the American flag and present Trump’s name when doing so. All of which presented those in power the need to destroy that leader Donald Trump.
Would a runaway plague created by a nation which could threaten populations of an enemy cause them to react by demanding extreme restriction of movement by its population to prevent its spread ? Thus wind up fragmenting its economy and create defeat for that leader’s upcoming election.
Americans better WISE UP/
Key swamp demons were making fortunes when they allowed US companies in a number of industries including pharma, computer; and electrical as well metal fabrication components even bicycles relocate their factories in China . To the point where China was our sole supplier. The money the CCP has now comes from US .If we play our Chinese checkers right we can really turn things around for the better not only here but in China as well.Check out this recent posting in Free Republic.com which the MSM and social venues will spike; http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3890312/posts
“The American citizenry is the largest armed force in the history of the world.”
That’s true. But consider that it is also true that the poorest American citizens are the most likely to be obese, and are the most passively entertained poor people ever. They are also the least used to intense physical effort outdoors than any poor people ever.
These conditions are just as unique in recorded history as having so many armed. It’s like a sci-fi dystopia everyone would have scoffed at a few decades ago.
Freegards
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