The last time a despotic power devastated Hong Kong was during World War II. On December 8, 1941, Imperial Japanese troops poured over the hills from China, overwhelmed the main line of British colonial defenses, and took up positions on the Kowloon peninsula, across the harbor from Hong Kong Island.
Today, the tyranny ravaging Hong Kong is that of its own sovereign master, the People's Republic of China.
Beijing has threatened Hong Kong with "The abyss" and cautioned that "Those who play with fire will perish by it." China's President Xi Jinping warned in October, clearly aiming at Hong Kong's protesters, that any attempt to divide China would end in "Crushed bodies and shattered bones."
In June, Hong Kong's Beijing-installed Chief Executive Carrie Lam-a longtime Hong Kong civil servant with the political instincts of Marie Antoinette-tried to rush through Hong Kong's rubberstamp Legislative Council a law that would have allowed extradition to mainland China, breaching the protection afforded by Hong Kong's separate and independent legal system.
Hong Kong residents were staging huge protests against the repression in China.
Casualties in Hong Kong were extensive, rubble lined many of the streets, and Hong Kong's economy had tipped into recession.
America can enforce its new Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, which President Trump signed into law last month, and which requires annual reports on whether China is respecting Hong Kong's rights under "One country two systems"-and imposes penalties if China is not.
https://www.city-journal.org/hong-kong-struggle-against-tyranny
Today, the tyranny ravaging Hong Kong is that of its own sovereign master, the People's Republic of China.
Beijing has threatened Hong Kong with "The abyss" and cautioned that "Those who play with fire will perish by it." China's President Xi Jinping warned in October, clearly aiming at Hong Kong's protesters, that any attempt to divide China would end in "Crushed bodies and shattered bones."
In June, Hong Kong's Beijing-installed Chief Executive Carrie Lam-a longtime Hong Kong civil servant with the political instincts of Marie Antoinette-tried to rush through Hong Kong's rubberstamp Legislative Council a law that would have allowed extradition to mainland China, breaching the protection afforded by Hong Kong's separate and independent legal system.
Hong Kong residents were staging huge protests against the repression in China.
Casualties in Hong Kong were extensive, rubble lined many of the streets, and Hong Kong's economy had tipped into recession.
America can enforce its new Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, which President Trump signed into law last month, and which requires annual reports on whether China is respecting Hong Kong's rights under "One country two systems"-and imposes penalties if China is not.
https://www.city-journal.org/hong-kong-struggle-against-tyranny
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