If Hong Kong is supposed to represent the model of "One country, two systems," why are the people there now fighting for freedom and democracy amid hails of rubber bullets and clouds of tear gas?
Despite the protests, pro-Beijing leaders in Hong Kong want to fast-track the legislation.
The 2014 Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong-which shut down the city's center for 79 days and is also known as Occupy Hong Kong-originated out of the sincere desire for universal suffrage, the right of Hong Kong citizens to elect their leaders in legitimate elections from a pool of candidates not hand-selected by the Chinese government.
The desire for universal suffrage in Hong Kong has only strengthened as Beijing has reneged on its promises.
As a result of the Occupy Hong Kong protests in 2014, the group's leaders were imprisoned back i.n April.
A small business that sells products from Thailand, AbouThai, announced that its 13 branches had closed as part of the general strike, saying, "If we lose the Hong Kong we have, we won't be able to save it anymore." Democratic Party chairman Wu Chi-wai called Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, who supports the extradition bill, "Cold blooded," and claimed that she had lost her legitimacy with the people.
On Wednesday, June 12, protesters surrounded government offices in the tens of thousands, blocking the financial district in Hong Kong, including the major arteries of Harcourt Road and Lung Wo Road, and delaying the planned debate over the extradition bill in the Hong Kong legislature.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/hong-kong-versus-beijing-its-now-or-never/
Despite the protests, pro-Beijing leaders in Hong Kong want to fast-track the legislation.
The 2014 Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong-which shut down the city's center for 79 days and is also known as Occupy Hong Kong-originated out of the sincere desire for universal suffrage, the right of Hong Kong citizens to elect their leaders in legitimate elections from a pool of candidates not hand-selected by the Chinese government.
The desire for universal suffrage in Hong Kong has only strengthened as Beijing has reneged on its promises.
As a result of the Occupy Hong Kong protests in 2014, the group's leaders were imprisoned back i.n April.
A small business that sells products from Thailand, AbouThai, announced that its 13 branches had closed as part of the general strike, saying, "If we lose the Hong Kong we have, we won't be able to save it anymore." Democratic Party chairman Wu Chi-wai called Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, who supports the extradition bill, "Cold blooded," and claimed that she had lost her legitimacy with the people.
On Wednesday, June 12, protesters surrounded government offices in the tens of thousands, blocking the financial district in Hong Kong, including the major arteries of Harcourt Road and Lung Wo Road, and delaying the planned debate over the extradition bill in the Hong Kong legislature.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/hong-kong-versus-beijing-its-now-or-never/
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