It s not clear what will happen after those 50 years, but for sure this brings great distress to HKers who already see their country taken into Mainland style abyss way before the 50 y deadline. Funny to watch interviews of mainlanders asked in Chinese streets what they thing of this or that rather negative view westerners have of some particular trait attributed to mainland Chinese. A standard reply is "They should visit China and see how it is here, they would get a better opinion Well ime spending time in China will make those impressions just way worse, mainlanders have little clue of how their culture, government and quality of life is disastrous by western standards. Few westerners who have worked on China bring back memories good enough that they are aching for vacations in that wonderful country (Shanghai seems to fare quite a bit better than other chinese cities when it comes to westerners´taste btw) HKers have plenty access to foreign media and have often lived under british rules so they have a much wider horizon in the way they see the world. Besides ethnic reasons, the huge amount of money coming through HK relationship with China helps many swallow the pill but for the apparently many who struggle financially in HK it doesn´t help much, plus again ime, in a place like China, money is very far from enough to compensate for the local shortcomings .
Hong Kong will never go become one with China after the 50 years. Once you taste freedom, you die for it.
Die on your feet or live on your knees... https://www.wsj.com/articles/prepar...ctics-challenge-beijing-11565038264?mod=rsswn This summer, the civil servant, who is in her 20s, has zip tied metal barriers together to block roads and dug bricks out of sidewalks to throw at police. Her primary role is to be “arrest support”—ready to hire lawyers for detained protesters and help their families with an emergency plan. “Some of them are prepared to die for the movement,” said Chloe. “I am also willing to die for it.”
So let’s summarize - today Beijing warned Hong Kong that the Chinese Communist Party is running out of patience, the protests are only increasing in resolve and magnitude, it’s been reported that mysterious white masked enforcers are beating up Hong Kong protesters (Tiananmen Part Deux would destroy China’s export economy) and the US Treasury has labeled China as a “currency manipulator” and will file a case with the IMF. “Tempest in a teapot” ? A “good day for China ?” Ummm Yeah...
What do you know...... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong...-leader-carrie-lam-announce-formal-withdrawal Looks like the party is over and time to go back work ....
Beijing REBUFFED by the good true Citizens of the FREE City of Hong Kong. Hopefully the HK Politicos will take the lesson to heart. Likewise the HK Citizens will certainly be quite vigilant and wary about the intent and motives of their representatives in the future. Safe to say that Carrie Lam’s Government career is over.