China’s Path To Self Destruction Starts in Hong Kong | The National Interest
he Washington Post reports that communist China s Xi Jinping will soon tighten the noose on Hong Kong, effectively ending nearly a quarter-century of the One country, two systems compromise which the United Kingdom and the People s Republic of China negotiated in order to enable Hong Kong s 1997 return to Chinese sovereignty.
Xi is an ethnic supremacist, an imperialist, and a man antagonistic to basic freedoms. He may seek to crush Hong Kong s 14-month-old protest movement but he himself was responsible for its outbreak when he directed the Hong Kong government to pass the Fugitive Offenders amendment which would have allowed the extradition of Hong Kong citizens to mainland China.
He may believe his latest move will restore order to Hong Kong and guarantee the Chinese Communist Party s general security against dissent and criticism, but his actions may very well do the opposite.
I hope this is true but it might well not be. The CCP has unprecedented technology on its side and so far a mostly compliant and passive population, at least with respect to individual freedoms. It could take China another 50 years or more to throw out the CCP.