The Story of "Explosives"
Original Article by Author 作者, 20-7-2019 (Part 1/2)
#article #analysis #opinion
Regarding the so called “explosives” found in a warehouse in Tsuen Wan, well trained Hong Kong people must have recognised this as, yet, an employed strategy the Hong Kong Police used to frame the protesters. The orchestration of the finding of the “explosives” is clearly a show to manipulate the World to believe the protesters are truly what they have always claimed, thugs and rioters. The evidence being that a police officer with foreign background held the press conference instead of a high-ranked local police officer. There must be an ulterior motive in this incident – to smear and discredit the protesters.
(to be continued)
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Original Article: http://facebook.com/972393926144079/posts/2545977808785675/
Original Article by Author 作者, 20-7-2019 (Part 1/2)
#article #analysis #opinion
Regarding the so called “explosives” found in a warehouse in Tsuen Wan, well trained Hong Kong people must have recognised this as, yet, an employed strategy the Hong Kong Police used to frame the protesters. The orchestration of the finding of the “explosives” is clearly a show to manipulate the World to believe the protesters are truly what they have always claimed, thugs and rioters. The evidence being that a police officer with foreign background held the press conference instead of a high-ranked local police officer. There must be an ulterior motive in this incident – to smear and discredit the protesters.
(to be continued)
Photo by Stand News
Original Article: http://facebook.com/972393926144079/posts/2545977808785675/
The Story of "Explosives"
Original Article by Author 作者, 20-7-2019
(continued, 2/2)
#article #analysis #opinion
Regarding the so called “explosives” found in a warehouse in Tsuen Wan, well trained Hong Kong people must have recognised this as, yet, an employed strategy the Hong Kong Police used to frame the protesters. The orchestration of the finding of the “explosives” is clearly a show to manipulate the World to believe the protesters are truly what they have always claimed, thugs and rioters. The evidence being that a police officer with foreign background held the press conference instead of a high-ranked local police officer. There must be an ulterior motive in this incident – to smear and discredit the protesters.
A point to note, the Hong Kong Police stressed that they had seized the explosives, Triacetone triperoxide (hereinafter called TATP) and detonated them on the rooftop of the building where the explosives were found this morning at 7 am. The wall is blackened with smoke on the rooftop. Hong Kong National Front said in a strong tone that they have no plan for creating any kind of explosives and that they do not know where did the explosives come from. If the Hong Kong National Front is saying the truth, then the police must be lying and planted the evidence into the warehouse.
WHAT IS TATP?
TATP is the devil itself. It is responsible for multiples bombing in London, Sri Lanka, and Paris. It touches the nerve of international media when mentioned because the explosives correlate people’s minds to terrorism.
TATP is highly unstable. It has a characteristic of not creating any inflammation and flame and it burns when exploded; on top of that, it uses the theory of rapid expansion of gases to create substantial damages.
200g of TATP is enough to blow up an entire airplane. Yet, the police claimed they had detonated 1kg of TATP on a rooftop with the damage of only a blackened wall, not even a window is shattered due to the induced detonation performed this morning.
Source: http://facebook.com/972393926144079/posts/2545977808785675/
Original Article by Author 作者, 20-7-2019
(continued, 2/2)
#article #analysis #opinion
Regarding the so called “explosives” found in a warehouse in Tsuen Wan, well trained Hong Kong people must have recognised this as, yet, an employed strategy the Hong Kong Police used to frame the protesters. The orchestration of the finding of the “explosives” is clearly a show to manipulate the World to believe the protesters are truly what they have always claimed, thugs and rioters. The evidence being that a police officer with foreign background held the press conference instead of a high-ranked local police officer. There must be an ulterior motive in this incident – to smear and discredit the protesters.
A point to note, the Hong Kong Police stressed that they had seized the explosives, Triacetone triperoxide (hereinafter called TATP) and detonated them on the rooftop of the building where the explosives were found this morning at 7 am. The wall is blackened with smoke on the rooftop. Hong Kong National Front said in a strong tone that they have no plan for creating any kind of explosives and that they do not know where did the explosives come from. If the Hong Kong National Front is saying the truth, then the police must be lying and planted the evidence into the warehouse.
WHAT IS TATP?
TATP is the devil itself. It is responsible for multiples bombing in London, Sri Lanka, and Paris. It touches the nerve of international media when mentioned because the explosives correlate people’s minds to terrorism.
TATP is highly unstable. It has a characteristic of not creating any inflammation and flame and it burns when exploded; on top of that, it uses the theory of rapid expansion of gases to create substantial damages.
200g of TATP is enough to blow up an entire airplane. Yet, the police claimed they had detonated 1kg of TATP on a rooftop with the damage of only a blackened wall, not even a window is shattered due to the induced detonation performed this morning.
Source: http://facebook.com/972393926144079/posts/2545977808785675/
#Opinion
Deconstructing “Little Pink” - The Shortest Joke On Earth
During the five consecutive months of the Anti-extradition Bill movement, Hong Kong people abroad have rallied together and held protests in various countries to support the city. Wherever you are does not really matter. And, intimidation from (a group of “Little Pink”) is always present.
Continue reading:
https://telegra.ph/Deconstructing-Little-Pink---The-Shortest-Joke-On-
Earth-11-10
#Nationalism
Deconstructing “Little Pink” - The Shortest Joke On Earth
During the five consecutive months of the Anti-extradition Bill movement, Hong Kong people abroad have rallied together and held protests in various countries to support the city. Wherever you are does not really matter. And, intimidation from (a group of “Little Pink”) is always present.
Continue reading:
https://telegra.ph/Deconstructing-Little-Pink---The-Shortest-Joke-On-
Earth-11-10
#Nationalism
Telegraph
Deconstructing “Little Pink” - The Shortest Joke On Earth
Published: 15th Oct 2019, 09:35pm The Stand News During the five consecutive months of the Anti-extradition Bill movement, Hong Kong people abroad have rallied together and held protests in various countries to support the city. Wherever you are does not…
#Opinion
Hong Kong is at war, and why should the world be worried.
If Hong Kong falls, democracy and civilisation follows. The British might not have given full democracy to Hong Kongers during its colonial rule of over 150 years but at least, the universities established, the spiritual values that cumulated over all these years, are now under threat by the Hong Kong Police Force, which is used as a tool by Carrie Lam, the most unpopular leader in town in the past 22 years.
https://medium.com/%E8%B3%B4%E5%8F%94%E7%9D%87%E8%82%B2/hong-kong-is-at-war-and-why-should-the-world-be-worried-93af8a94ee0f
Hong Kong is at war, and why should the world be worried.
If Hong Kong falls, democracy and civilisation follows. The British might not have given full democracy to Hong Kongers during its colonial rule of over 150 years but at least, the universities established, the spiritual values that cumulated over all these years, are now under threat by the Hong Kong Police Force, which is used as a tool by Carrie Lam, the most unpopular leader in town in the past 22 years.
https://medium.com/%E8%B3%B4%E5%8F%94%E7%9D%87%E8%82%B2/hong-kong-is-at-war-and-why-should-the-world-be-worried-93af8a94ee0f
Medium
Hong Kong is at war, and why should the world be worried.
A month has passed since the Hong Kong government made use of the Emergency Regulations Ordinance to adopt a regulation that bans the…
#Opinion
What is being protected is Hong Kongers' Future
On my way to Chinese University of Hong Kong (CU), I saw many people carrying materials and guarding the university. Some of them are CU students or alumni, but many of them, I believe, were not students of CU.... Undeterred by tiresome labour and walking long distance each trip, they worked without complaint and just want to protect the students! Walking into the university campus, I saw many students and supporters resting at the Lady Liberty Square and Lingnan Field. Some people were building defence lines and transporting materials... I had never thought the CU campus that I was so familiar with would turn into a war zone in a turbulent of time....
Source: The Stand News
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2613520252066912&id=710476795704610
#CUHK #CUHKMassacre
What is being protected is Hong Kongers' Future
On my way to Chinese University of Hong Kong (CU), I saw many people carrying materials and guarding the university. Some of them are CU students or alumni, but many of them, I believe, were not students of CU.... Undeterred by tiresome labour and walking long distance each trip, they worked without complaint and just want to protect the students! Walking into the university campus, I saw many students and supporters resting at the Lady Liberty Square and Lingnan Field. Some people were building defence lines and transporting materials... I had never thought the CU campus that I was so familiar with would turn into a war zone in a turbulent of time....
Source: The Stand News
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2613520252066912&id=710476795704610
#CUHK #CUHKMassacre
#Opinion
Predictions of 2020 for Hong Kong - Chip Tsao
[6 pm, at Wanchai Southern Playground - hundreds of thousands demonstrators marching towards Central ]
In the beginning, I thought people of Hong Kong only have short-lived enthusiasm, or what we say "5-minute passion" in Cantonese. However, with Carrie Lam's continuous "blessing", the war is still on, and no one is backing down.
Following this path, the Hong Kong government will be facing the following program schedule in Year 2020:
January 1st: New Year's Day Mass Demonstration
January 11th: Taiwan Presidential Election Day, Tsai Ing-wen wins. Excitement overflows and spreads to Hong Kong
End of January: Chinese Lunar New Year, Yellow (pro-democracy) economy welcomes the new year. Sales at the Government's Lunar New Year's Flower Market Fair will hit a record low under censorship.
February: Disputes over the Hong Kong government's Independent Review Committee continues. And if Secretary of Justice, Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah is not replaced by early February, the pro-government camp will further isolate and cut ties with the government.
March: China's "Two Conferences" - National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Financial Times once reported that the decision of Carrie Lam's stepping down will be announced around this time of the year.
(a) if Carrie Lam steps down, Chief Secretary of Hong Kong will become the acting Chief Executive, but the position lasts no more than 6 months. The new Chief Executive must be generated through universal suffrage. So, the 5th demand of the "Five Demands" will now experience a new influx of energy.
(b) if Carrie Lam stays in power, then the government morale will sink even lower, and pro-Beijing supporters will feel even more dispirited. Hong Kong government will lose all its credibility, and Hong Kong will enter an ungovernable state.
April: Easter Holidays, all walks of life will start preparing for campaigning for the legislative council election in September. The pro-Beijing pro-government camp, who strictly follow orders from the Central Government must now support Carrie Lam in full force, will experience even higher pressure.
May: It's closing in at the annual mark for Anti-Extradition Bill Movement. If Carrie Lam is still in power, how does Hong Kong preserve its law and order? If she steps down this month, China will be seen as conceding to Hong Kong protesters. Then inevitably, the story will follow the script written in 3(b)
June: June 4th candlelight vigil. 1st anniversary of June 9th & 12th. Legislative council election will start to gear up.
July: July 1st - 1st anniversary of protesters storming the legislative council. July 21st - 1stanniversary of Yuen Long attack
August: August 31st - 1st anniversary of police's brutal attacks on civilians and protesters at Prince Edward MTR station. Clashes erupt on the streets as it draws near the Legislative council election
September: Legislative council election day. Voter turnout sets a new record. Pro-Democracy camp and young and newcomers barely win the election and take over half of the seats in the council.
October: Hong Kong Chief Executive policy address. As expected, the government has not responded to any of the demands set out by the people of Hong Kong. Therefore, ignites a new round of public anger.
The above timeline is a forecast of Hong Kong events in 2020, and it is only the "minimum charge". And this is not counting the following:
1. The U.S.-China trade war negotiation and how the political structure of the cold war can vary and exacerbate
2. The synergy effect of U.S. intervention into Taiwan Strait
3. The impact of economic decline in Hong Kong in the future and the increase in the unemployment rate
4. Police brutality brought about by street clashes with protesters will further exacerbate the social climate
Taking today's turnout and energy at the march into consideration, Hong Kong will be very busy in 2020!
Source: Chip Tsao Channel Facebook (08-Dec)
Predictions of 2020 for Hong Kong - Chip Tsao
[6 pm, at Wanchai Southern Playground - hundreds of thousands demonstrators marching towards Central ]
In the beginning, I thought people of Hong Kong only have short-lived enthusiasm, or what we say "5-minute passion" in Cantonese. However, with Carrie Lam's continuous "blessing", the war is still on, and no one is backing down.
Following this path, the Hong Kong government will be facing the following program schedule in Year 2020:
January 1st: New Year's Day Mass Demonstration
January 11th: Taiwan Presidential Election Day, Tsai Ing-wen wins. Excitement overflows and spreads to Hong Kong
End of January: Chinese Lunar New Year, Yellow (pro-democracy) economy welcomes the new year. Sales at the Government's Lunar New Year's Flower Market Fair will hit a record low under censorship.
February: Disputes over the Hong Kong government's Independent Review Committee continues. And if Secretary of Justice, Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah is not replaced by early February, the pro-government camp will further isolate and cut ties with the government.
March: China's "Two Conferences" - National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Financial Times once reported that the decision of Carrie Lam's stepping down will be announced around this time of the year.
(a) if Carrie Lam steps down, Chief Secretary of Hong Kong will become the acting Chief Executive, but the position lasts no more than 6 months. The new Chief Executive must be generated through universal suffrage. So, the 5th demand of the "Five Demands" will now experience a new influx of energy.
(b) if Carrie Lam stays in power, then the government morale will sink even lower, and pro-Beijing supporters will feel even more dispirited. Hong Kong government will lose all its credibility, and Hong Kong will enter an ungovernable state.
April: Easter Holidays, all walks of life will start preparing for campaigning for the legislative council election in September. The pro-Beijing pro-government camp, who strictly follow orders from the Central Government must now support Carrie Lam in full force, will experience even higher pressure.
May: It's closing in at the annual mark for Anti-Extradition Bill Movement. If Carrie Lam is still in power, how does Hong Kong preserve its law and order? If she steps down this month, China will be seen as conceding to Hong Kong protesters. Then inevitably, the story will follow the script written in 3(b)
June: June 4th candlelight vigil. 1st anniversary of June 9th & 12th. Legislative council election will start to gear up.
July: July 1st - 1st anniversary of protesters storming the legislative council. July 21st - 1stanniversary of Yuen Long attack
August: August 31st - 1st anniversary of police's brutal attacks on civilians and protesters at Prince Edward MTR station. Clashes erupt on the streets as it draws near the Legislative council election
September: Legislative council election day. Voter turnout sets a new record. Pro-Democracy camp and young and newcomers barely win the election and take over half of the seats in the council.
October: Hong Kong Chief Executive policy address. As expected, the government has not responded to any of the demands set out by the people of Hong Kong. Therefore, ignites a new round of public anger.
The above timeline is a forecast of Hong Kong events in 2020, and it is only the "minimum charge". And this is not counting the following:
1. The U.S.-China trade war negotiation and how the political structure of the cold war can vary and exacerbate
2. The synergy effect of U.S. intervention into Taiwan Strait
3. The impact of economic decline in Hong Kong in the future and the increase in the unemployment rate
4. Police brutality brought about by street clashes with protesters will further exacerbate the social climate
Taking today's turnout and energy at the march into consideration, Hong Kong will be very busy in 2020!
Source: Chip Tsao Channel Facebook (08-Dec)
#SCMP #Fake #Opinion
Alibaba-owned South China Morning Post Published Opinion Articles by Fake Persona
According to a United States media, a fake persona under the name of "Lin Nguyen" claimed to be an analyst had sent opinion articles to several media outlets around the world. One article titled "For Hong Kong protesters, the right thing to do for the city now is stay at home" was published by South China Morning Post, which had been acquired by Chinese entrepreneur Jack Ma. After the incident was exposed, South China Morning Post withdrew 5 articles as such.
Source: CNews
#ChinesePropaganda
Alibaba-owned South China Morning Post Published Opinion Articles by Fake Persona
According to a United States media, a fake persona under the name of "Lin Nguyen" claimed to be an analyst had sent opinion articles to several media outlets around the world. One article titled "For Hong Kong protesters, the right thing to do for the city now is stay at home" was published by South China Morning Post, which had been acquired by Chinese entrepreneur Jack Ma. After the incident was exposed, South China Morning Post withdrew 5 articles as such.
Source: CNews
#ChinesePropaganda
#Newspaper #Opinion
Hong Kong’s Chinese-Canadians are a community in limbo
//On the eve of the 23rd anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from Britain to China, Beijing passed a national security law in Hong Kong. Some observers see the move as a sign that Beijing is tightening its grip on the city, which has been marred by political unrest and conflict over the past year.
//Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has voiced concern over the situation in Hong Kong, pointing out that 300,000 Canadians currently live in the territory. Indeed, after the U.S., Hong Kong has the largest community of Canadians living abroad.
//However, the nationality of these naturalized Canadians in the territory is a thorny issue
//The reason is that China’s Nationality Law appears to reject the idea that first-generation Canadians from Hong Kong and their children are in fact Canadian if they live in Hong Kong.
//Unlike Canada, China does not recognize dual citizenship. Acquiring foreign nationality does not negate Chinese nationality in the absence of “settling abroad.” And children born abroad to Chinese nationals are also considered Chinese nationals.
//In any event, Canada’s international obligations under the 1930 Hague Convention on Certain Questions Relating to the Conflict of Nationality Law would prevent Ottawa from interfering with the treatment of Chinese-Canadians in Hong Kong.
//Mr. Trudeau has been facing twin pressures: to stand firm against China and to give in to this “hostage diplomacy.”
//Hong Kong’s Chinese-Canadians may be eyeing a return home in the wake of Beijing’s new security law. But if they assume they won’t be affected by political developments because of their Canadian passports, they should think again.
Source: (23-Jul)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-hong-kongs-chinese-canadians-are-a-community-in-limbo/
#Canada #HongKong #NationalSecurityLaw #ChineseCanadians
Hong Kong’s Chinese-Canadians are a community in limbo
//On the eve of the 23rd anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from Britain to China, Beijing passed a national security law in Hong Kong. Some observers see the move as a sign that Beijing is tightening its grip on the city, which has been marred by political unrest and conflict over the past year.
//Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has voiced concern over the situation in Hong Kong, pointing out that 300,000 Canadians currently live in the territory. Indeed, after the U.S., Hong Kong has the largest community of Canadians living abroad.
//However, the nationality of these naturalized Canadians in the territory is a thorny issue
//The reason is that China’s Nationality Law appears to reject the idea that first-generation Canadians from Hong Kong and their children are in fact Canadian if they live in Hong Kong.
//Unlike Canada, China does not recognize dual citizenship. Acquiring foreign nationality does not negate Chinese nationality in the absence of “settling abroad.” And children born abroad to Chinese nationals are also considered Chinese nationals.
//In any event, Canada’s international obligations under the 1930 Hague Convention on Certain Questions Relating to the Conflict of Nationality Law would prevent Ottawa from interfering with the treatment of Chinese-Canadians in Hong Kong.
//Mr. Trudeau has been facing twin pressures: to stand firm against China and to give in to this “hostage diplomacy.”
//Hong Kong’s Chinese-Canadians may be eyeing a return home in the wake of Beijing’s new security law. But if they assume they won’t be affected by political developments because of their Canadian passports, they should think again.
Source: (23-Jul)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-hong-kongs-chinese-canadians-are-a-community-in-limbo/
#Canada #HongKong #NationalSecurityLaw #ChineseCanadians
The Globe and Mail
Opinion: Hong Kong’s Chinese-Canadians are a community in limbo
Canadian citizenship does not guarantee that Chinese-Canadians in Hong Kong will be able to leave the territory
#Opinion
“Give me Liberty or or give me Death”
984 years ago, under the threat of absolute monarchy, Fan Zhongyan (a minister to the Song emperor Renzong) said, “if you don’t let me express my dissent, I would rather die”. Now, 984 years later, in 2020, the public intellectuals in Hong Kong and China don’t even have the right to remain silent.
Full article:
https://telegra.ph/Now-Hong-Kongers-dont-even-have-the-right-to-say-this-Give-me-Liberty-or-or-give-me-Death-07-31
“Give me Liberty or or give me Death”
984 years ago, under the threat of absolute monarchy, Fan Zhongyan (a minister to the Song emperor Renzong) said, “if you don’t let me express my dissent, I would rather die”. Now, 984 years later, in 2020, the public intellectuals in Hong Kong and China don’t even have the right to remain silent.
Full article:
https://telegra.ph/Now-Hong-Kongers-dont-even-have-the-right-to-say-this-Give-me-Liberty-or-or-give-me-Death-07-31
Telegraph
Now Hong Kongers don’t even have the right to say this: “Give me Liberty or or give me Death”
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#RuleofLaw
This is Professor Benny Tai Yiu-ting
I was thinking to create a portrait for him and asked him to bring some of the books, if not all, that motivate him to do what he is doing. As it turned out, he picked out the books from home and his office and briefly introduced them one after another.
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This is Professor Benny Tai Yiu-ting
I was thinking to create a portrait for him and asked him to bring some of the books, if not all, that motivate him to do what he is doing. As it turned out, he picked out the books from home and his office and briefly introduced them one after another.
Continue reading below
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Year 2020: The Stranding and Disconnected World
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Year 2020: The Stranding and Disconnected World
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Since Beijing's forceful imposition of the National Security Law in Hong Kong, thrusting the new legislation into the city’s constitution the Basic Law, how the Central and HKSAR governments extends juridiction through the law around the world is no longer the only main issue. In one way or the other, most democratic governments in the free world have suspended their extradition treaty with China and Hong Kong.
Although, the SAR government insisted that the U.S. sanctions has no legal effect in Hong Kong.
Several years ago, when the United States sanctioned North Korea and Iran, Hong Kong was both guarding and avoiding the U.S., while warily sponsoring China’s allies.
At a time in 2020, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (#HKMA) had issued a statement to financial institutions operating in Hong Kong, claiming that impact of the U.S. sanction is negligible. So is the Hong Kong Dollar no longer pegged to U.S. Dollar?
Suppose that the U.S. government will strictly enforce the sanction, and put an end to financial institutions providing services to the 11 individual being sanctioned, will the U.S. government also consider revoking the green-peg, or even withdrawing U.S. bonds from Hong Kong and China financial markets?
No one can predict where this financial warfare is leading to. But any reasonable Hongkonger should expect the Hong Kong and Central governments to turn these 11 people in to face the U.S. sanction. As Le Yucheng, China’s foreign vice-minister said in an interview, “we must stay focused without being swayed by any extreme forces, keep to the right direction of the bilateral relationship to prevent US-China relationship from spiraling out of control or getting derailed. This is also to avoid worsening of the hard-won trade deals.”
If any financial predator targets Hong Kong’s linked exchange rate system at this time, how much financial reserve does Hong Kong government have to defend the linked exchange rate? We must not forget that the government has been pouring out public money in enormous infrastructure projects like Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge, the new runway in airport and Lantau Tomorrow Vision.
Besides, the Central government might need substantial amount of funds from the Hong Kong government to reactivate its trade relationship with the U.S..
One must note that, in China, countless farmlands have been wiped out in recent mass floodings as the #CCP called for food saving. Local authorities sprang into action with proposals targeting food wastage and food recycling, or “operation empty plate”, an initiative reactivated anew by Xi.
Hong Kong could possibly resume its role in supporting China as if during Cultural Revolution: endeavored to purchase American soybeans or Australian beef for the motherland, feeding hungry fellows.
Image: CNN
#FoodShortage #FoodSecurity #Flooding #China #CCPControl #Xi #ExtraditionTreaty
Year 2020: The Stranding and Disconnected World
Part 1 - 2
Since Beijing's forceful imposition of the National Security Law in Hong Kong, thrusting the new legislation into the city’s constitution the Basic Law, how the Central and HKSAR governments extends juridiction through the law around the world is no longer the only main issue. In one way or the other, most democratic governments in the free world have suspended their extradition treaty with China and Hong Kong.
Although, the SAR government insisted that the U.S. sanctions has no legal effect in Hong Kong.
Several years ago, when the United States sanctioned North Korea and Iran, Hong Kong was both guarding and avoiding the U.S., while warily sponsoring China’s allies.
At a time in 2020, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (#HKMA) had issued a statement to financial institutions operating in Hong Kong, claiming that impact of the U.S. sanction is negligible. So is the Hong Kong Dollar no longer pegged to U.S. Dollar?
Suppose that the U.S. government will strictly enforce the sanction, and put an end to financial institutions providing services to the 11 individual being sanctioned, will the U.S. government also consider revoking the green-peg, or even withdrawing U.S. bonds from Hong Kong and China financial markets?
No one can predict where this financial warfare is leading to. But any reasonable Hongkonger should expect the Hong Kong and Central governments to turn these 11 people in to face the U.S. sanction. As Le Yucheng, China’s foreign vice-minister said in an interview, “we must stay focused without being swayed by any extreme forces, keep to the right direction of the bilateral relationship to prevent US-China relationship from spiraling out of control or getting derailed. This is also to avoid worsening of the hard-won trade deals.”
If any financial predator targets Hong Kong’s linked exchange rate system at this time, how much financial reserve does Hong Kong government have to defend the linked exchange rate? We must not forget that the government has been pouring out public money in enormous infrastructure projects like Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge, the new runway in airport and Lantau Tomorrow Vision.
Besides, the Central government might need substantial amount of funds from the Hong Kong government to reactivate its trade relationship with the U.S..
One must note that, in China, countless farmlands have been wiped out in recent mass floodings as the #CCP called for food saving. Local authorities sprang into action with proposals targeting food wastage and food recycling, or “operation empty plate”, an initiative reactivated anew by Xi.
Hong Kong could possibly resume its role in supporting China as if during Cultural Revolution: endeavored to purchase American soybeans or Australian beef for the motherland, feeding hungry fellows.
Image: CNN
#FoodShortage #FoodSecurity #Flooding #China #CCPControl #Xi #ExtraditionTreaty
#Column #Opinion #Aug25 #SpecialStatus #NationalSecurityLaw
Year 2020: The Stranding and Disconnected World
Image: Apple Daily #Aug10
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Year 2020: The Stranding and Disconnected World
Image: Apple Daily #Aug10
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#Column #Opinion #Aug25 #SpecialStatus #NationalSecurityLaw
Year 2020: The Stranding and Disconnected World
Previously, Part 1
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24463
Part 2
Since the sanction could be mis-enforced, causing unintended consequence, a certain amount of personal data was disclosed alongside the U.S. sanction list so that there would be no excuse for financial institutions worldwide for not locking on the right person and execute sanction.
All at once, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data and Chief Executive Carrie Lam jumped up and cried out their disagreement: it is an infringement of privacy.
Meanwhile, personal data of Apple Daily reporters have been deliberately disclosed on a doxxing website quietly approved by government authorities.
It’s an astonishing coincidence that disclosed data of Apple Daily reporters, including photos and telephone numbers, were provided to China Travel Services for “Home Return Permit” application. Not knowing why, the Privacy Commissioner is stretching his ruling to the U.S. while letting go a doxxing website in Hong Kong.
Is Hong Kong still a metropolitan city? As many countries have lifted their extradition treaties with Hong Kong, is the city still in good capacity to hunt down criminals absconded abroad? Can Hong Kong counteract anyone who intends to harm the interests of Hongkongers or the Hong Kong and Chinese governments?
Image: Apple Daily #Aug10
#US #Sanction #AppleDaily #Doxxing #Privacy
Year 2020: The Stranding and Disconnected World
Previously, Part 1
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24463
Part 2
Since the sanction could be mis-enforced, causing unintended consequence, a certain amount of personal data was disclosed alongside the U.S. sanction list so that there would be no excuse for financial institutions worldwide for not locking on the right person and execute sanction.
All at once, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data and Chief Executive Carrie Lam jumped up and cried out their disagreement: it is an infringement of privacy.
Meanwhile, personal data of Apple Daily reporters have been deliberately disclosed on a doxxing website quietly approved by government authorities.
It’s an astonishing coincidence that disclosed data of Apple Daily reporters, including photos and telephone numbers, were provided to China Travel Services for “Home Return Permit” application. Not knowing why, the Privacy Commissioner is stretching his ruling to the U.S. while letting go a doxxing website in Hong Kong.
Is Hong Kong still a metropolitan city? As many countries have lifted their extradition treaties with Hong Kong, is the city still in good capacity to hunt down criminals absconded abroad? Can Hong Kong counteract anyone who intends to harm the interests of Hongkongers or the Hong Kong and Chinese governments?
Image: Apple Daily #Aug10
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Year 2020: The Stranding and Disconnected World
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Since Beijing's forceful imposition of the National Security Law in Hong Kong, thrusting the new legislation into the city’s constitution the…
Year 2020: The Stranding and Disconnected World
Part 1 - 2
Since Beijing's forceful imposition of the National Security Law in Hong Kong, thrusting the new legislation into the city’s constitution the…
Weaponising of the National Security Law
The arrest of Jimmy Lai has no doubt given us concrete evidence that we are heaving the last breaths of press freedom in Hong Kong.
However, this arrest is based on a very broad, albeit vague national security law that has recently been passed. On the surface, it might seem like another 'arrest of a pro-democracy figure', but it actually is Beijing weaponising this law in a bid to rid Hong Kong's opposition voice.
Source: ABC #Aug10
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-10/why-chinas-arrest-of-hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-is-important/12541550
The arrest of Jimmy Lai has no doubt given us concrete evidence that we are heaving the last breaths of press freedom in Hong Kong.
However, this arrest is based on a very broad, albeit vague national security law that has recently been passed. On the surface, it might seem like another 'arrest of a pro-democracy figure', but it actually is Beijing weaponising this law in a bid to rid Hong Kong's opposition voice.
Source: ABC #Aug10
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-10/why-chinas-arrest-of-hong-kongs-jimmy-lai-is-important/12541550
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From TNT to Nuclear Explosion – Chip Tsao
(06 Aug)Western countries are getting themselves more familiar with China’s unique survival philosophy following year after year of dealing with the dictatorship – saving face every second, but the things they do are often shameless.
In English, face (saving) bears with honour meaning people, who value face saving, will care about their behaviour not to shame themselves / be shamed. Therefore, to certain extent, face and honour are same for others to put credit on an individual that he / she is decent and trustworthy. In other words, if an individual loses face, embarrassment and ridiculing will follow as well as all his / her credit, reputation, honour in a society will be gone.
That is different in China (at least CCP’s culture) – a Dama (Dama is a Chinese term to describe housewife in their 40s+) visits Paris department store shopping for EUR100K of goods, putting on a Ferragamo scarf, taking selfie by Huawei phone and sharing it online. This is a familiar story everywhere with Damas’ presence at which they save face as much as they can / need to. But then the story will move on to phase 2 – footing to Louvre Museum with friends, getting glad, making a hubbub and performing CCP style dancing (red dance). At the scene, it raises everyone’s eyebrows, from French to all non-CCP tourists. Most importantly, Damas would never sense any problem on that as CCP is left far behind from the international standard which sees the acts as insulting themselves, their organization and race, losing all honour (if any in the heart of CCP’s people).
Another example – CCP students abroad from rich families would drive their Ferrari car to school occupying 2 car parking spaces, saving face in their mind but raising everyone else eyebrows. They would even not sense losing face upon penalized by professors resulting from hiring someone to do assignments or take exams for them. In westerners’ eyes, it is not understandable why an individual hardly saves face caring nothing about honour and reputation. That is CCP’s promoting “face” – staying at the basic needs level saving face by wealth only, removing honour and reputation sense from people’s mind as they are important for people to keep their independent and critical thinking, which are extremely feared by CCP.
Year after year, many western Chinese scholars keep studying this strange mentality – Professor KING Yeo Chi Ambrose’s book “Face, Shame and Chinese’s behavior” is very impressive. Doctor HWANG Kwang Kuo’s “Confucianism and Relationship-ism affecting Chinese’s value on Face” illustrates the Guanxism (relationship (Guanxi, phonetic of relationship in Mandarin)) is actually from the sense of inferiority of China’s people who need Confucianism connected relationship and people to overcome the feeling of inferiority. When a group of such people build the network of relationship, the feeling of inferiority would become the group’s arrogance.
With the advanced social medias and networking tools invented by Americans, China’s people enhance such network of relationship substantially. In other words, they are more crazy and active to enjoy showing off their wealthy but bad taste and shameless to the world, comparing to the last generation without internet. That is our caption today – if Cultural Revolution 2.0 is activated, those brainwashed population who were just TM level in old days would become nuclear bomb.
Americans finally got enlightened and is roping other western countries in planning to get rid of this disaster made by CCP, though it is a bit late.
Source: Chip Tsao - From TNT to Nuclear Explosion
Translated by: Hong Kong Echo
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From TNT to Nuclear Explosion – Chip Tsao
(06 Aug)Western countries are getting themselves more familiar with China’s unique survival philosophy following year after year of dealing with the dictatorship – saving face every second, but the things they do are often shameless.
In English, face (saving) bears with honour meaning people, who value face saving, will care about their behaviour not to shame themselves / be shamed. Therefore, to certain extent, face and honour are same for others to put credit on an individual that he / she is decent and trustworthy. In other words, if an individual loses face, embarrassment and ridiculing will follow as well as all his / her credit, reputation, honour in a society will be gone.
That is different in China (at least CCP’s culture) – a Dama (Dama is a Chinese term to describe housewife in their 40s+) visits Paris department store shopping for EUR100K of goods, putting on a Ferragamo scarf, taking selfie by Huawei phone and sharing it online. This is a familiar story everywhere with Damas’ presence at which they save face as much as they can / need to. But then the story will move on to phase 2 – footing to Louvre Museum with friends, getting glad, making a hubbub and performing CCP style dancing (red dance). At the scene, it raises everyone’s eyebrows, from French to all non-CCP tourists. Most importantly, Damas would never sense any problem on that as CCP is left far behind from the international standard which sees the acts as insulting themselves, their organization and race, losing all honour (if any in the heart of CCP’s people).
Another example – CCP students abroad from rich families would drive their Ferrari car to school occupying 2 car parking spaces, saving face in their mind but raising everyone else eyebrows. They would even not sense losing face upon penalized by professors resulting from hiring someone to do assignments or take exams for them. In westerners’ eyes, it is not understandable why an individual hardly saves face caring nothing about honour and reputation. That is CCP’s promoting “face” – staying at the basic needs level saving face by wealth only, removing honour and reputation sense from people’s mind as they are important for people to keep their independent and critical thinking, which are extremely feared by CCP.
Year after year, many western Chinese scholars keep studying this strange mentality – Professor KING Yeo Chi Ambrose’s book “Face, Shame and Chinese’s behavior” is very impressive. Doctor HWANG Kwang Kuo’s “Confucianism and Relationship-ism affecting Chinese’s value on Face” illustrates the Guanxism (relationship (Guanxi, phonetic of relationship in Mandarin)) is actually from the sense of inferiority of China’s people who need Confucianism connected relationship and people to overcome the feeling of inferiority. When a group of such people build the network of relationship, the feeling of inferiority would become the group’s arrogance.
With the advanced social medias and networking tools invented by Americans, China’s people enhance such network of relationship substantially. In other words, they are more crazy and active to enjoy showing off their wealthy but bad taste and shameless to the world, comparing to the last generation without internet. That is our caption today – if Cultural Revolution 2.0 is activated, those brainwashed population who were just TM level in old days would become nuclear bomb.
Americans finally got enlightened and is roping other western countries in planning to get rid of this disaster made by CCP, though it is a bit late.
Source: Chip Tsao - From TNT to Nuclear Explosion
Translated by: Hong Kong Echo
#China #ChineseCulture #SavingFace #Dama #Showoff