Getting Ugly In Hong Kong
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University Professor Joe Siracusa says “there’s no doubt about it, Hong Kong is finished.” A proposal by the Chinese Communist Party to impose national security laws on Hong Kong is the most significant attempt yet to enforce the mainland’s will on the international city.
“These national security laws finish off the political freedoms the people in Hong Kong have,” he told Sky News. “Hong Kong in terms of political freedom is dead man walking. They’re finished and they know they’re finished.”
Professor Siracusa said the United States and Australia “should be thinking about whether we open our borders to Hong Kong refugees” because “this is going to get ugly.”
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The Paper Dragon is beginning to burn. If China does bring down the hammer on Hong Kong, as seems more likely by the day, the growing storm against China will become a torrent. Already, European nations, as well as the United States, Australia and others, are dropping Chinese imports. This is mostly because many of our factories are shut down now, but also because factories are seeking alternative sites for goods. China won’t even set a growth goal for 2020 because its economy appears certain to shrink. More from Styxhexenhammer666.
