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Hong Kong: Boris Johnson urged to form alliance over China security law
//Seven former UK foreign secretaries have urged Boris Johnson to form a global alliance to co-ordinate the response to the China-Hong Kong crisis.
//The former British colony enjoys some freedoms not seen in mainland China - and these are set out in a mini-constitution called the Basic Law.
//In their letter to the prime minister, the cross-party group of former cabinet ministers says the UK government must be seen to lead the international response, as many countries take their cue from Britain over its former colony.
//Jeremy Hunt, David Miliband, Jack Straw, William Hague, Malcolm Rifkind, David Owen and Margaret Beckett all expressed their concern at what they call China's "flagrant breach" of Sino-British agreements by imposing tough national security laws on Hong Kong.
// They urged Mr Johnson to set up an "international contact group" of allies to coordinate any joint action.
//A Downing Street spokesman insisted the government was already playing a leading role with international partners in urging China to think again.
//Mr Raab said the new security legislation "very clearly violates" the autonomy that is guaranteed under Chinese law as well as that in the 1997 agreement. He confirmed the UK will allow those who hold British National (Overseas) (BNO) passports to come to the UK and apply to study and work for an extendable 12-month period.This will in turn "provide a path to citizenship
//Mr Raab said up to three million people registered as a British national (overseas) in Hong Kong could be eligible for UK citizenship if China presses ahead with the law.
//the chairman of Commons foreign affairs committee, Tom Tugendhat, said the government must realise that China has a "very, very authoritarian system of government" and should rethink the partnership between the two.
Full Article: BBC News, (01-Jun)
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52872131
Further reading:
Seven former foreign secretaries urge UK to take lead on Hong Kong
https://bit.ly/2U9lhtS
#HongKong #NationalSecurityLaw #BNO #SinoBritishJointDeclaration #Britishcolony #China
Hong Kong: Boris Johnson urged to form alliance over China security law
//Seven former UK foreign secretaries have urged Boris Johnson to form a global alliance to co-ordinate the response to the China-Hong Kong crisis.
//The former British colony enjoys some freedoms not seen in mainland China - and these are set out in a mini-constitution called the Basic Law.
//In their letter to the prime minister, the cross-party group of former cabinet ministers says the UK government must be seen to lead the international response, as many countries take their cue from Britain over its former colony.
//Jeremy Hunt, David Miliband, Jack Straw, William Hague, Malcolm Rifkind, David Owen and Margaret Beckett all expressed their concern at what they call China's "flagrant breach" of Sino-British agreements by imposing tough national security laws on Hong Kong.
// They urged Mr Johnson to set up an "international contact group" of allies to coordinate any joint action.
//A Downing Street spokesman insisted the government was already playing a leading role with international partners in urging China to think again.
//Mr Raab said the new security legislation "very clearly violates" the autonomy that is guaranteed under Chinese law as well as that in the 1997 agreement. He confirmed the UK will allow those who hold British National (Overseas) (BNO) passports to come to the UK and apply to study and work for an extendable 12-month period.This will in turn "provide a path to citizenship
//Mr Raab said up to three million people registered as a British national (overseas) in Hong Kong could be eligible for UK citizenship if China presses ahead with the law.
//the chairman of Commons foreign affairs committee, Tom Tugendhat, said the government must realise that China has a "very, very authoritarian system of government" and should rethink the partnership between the two.
Full Article: BBC News, (01-Jun)
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52872131
Further reading:
Seven former foreign secretaries urge UK to take lead on Hong Kong
https://bit.ly/2U9lhtS
#HongKong #NationalSecurityLaw #BNO #SinoBritishJointDeclaration #Britishcolony #China
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Hong Kong: Boris Johnson urged to form alliance over China security law
The UK should be leading the response to China's treatment of Hong Kong, seven former foreign secretaries say.
#HongKong Government publishes "correct" view of Hong Kong #History, claims 1997 was not a "#handover"
In the name of reforming the secondary school curriculum, the Hong Kong government had replaced Liberal Studies with “Civic and Social Development”. The textbook content has also been changed to explicitly state that Hong Kong was never a British colony.
In an article uploaded to its website on August 2, 2022, the Education Bureau (#EDB) explained the government's official version of history, saying that the ceremony on 1st July 1997 was not a “handover of Hong Kong” but a “transfer of sovereignty”. The education bureau argues that denying Hong Kong being a former British colony doesn’t mean it rejects Hong Kong’s history of being occupied by Britain, but stresses that the word “colony” was inappropriate.
The 1,500-word article is available in Chinese only.
Source: In-Media #Aug02
https://bit.ly/3OMSxRr
#Education #CCP #EducationBureau #BritishColony #NationalSecurityEducation #RewritingHistory
In the name of reforming the secondary school curriculum, the Hong Kong government had replaced Liberal Studies with “Civic and Social Development”. The textbook content has also been changed to explicitly state that Hong Kong was never a British colony.
In an article uploaded to its website on August 2, 2022, the Education Bureau (#EDB) explained the government's official version of history, saying that the ceremony on 1st July 1997 was not a “handover of Hong Kong” but a “transfer of sovereignty”. The education bureau argues that denying Hong Kong being a former British colony doesn’t mean it rejects Hong Kong’s history of being occupied by Britain, but stresses that the word “colony” was inappropriate.
The 1,500-word article is available in Chinese only.
Source: In-Media #Aug02
https://bit.ly/3OMSxRr
#Education #CCP #EducationBureau #BritishColony #NationalSecurityEducation #RewritingHistory