#OpinionArticle #BrianFong
It is all about the party committee system. The Liaison Office is NOT a government department. It is actually the “Hong Kong and Macau Work Committee of the Chinese Communist Party” (CCP). In other words, it is the CPP branch in Hong Kong. It has operated in Hong Kong since the 1920s, called “Xinhua Hong Kong” after 1949 and re-named as Liaison Office in 2000. The Liaison Office has intervened Hong Kong's autonomy as a “second government team” (a term coined by Cao Erbao); now it declares that it is standing above the Basic Law, trying to formally establish a “party-lead-all” committee system that the in Hong Kong.
When the US is about to release its certification report, China takes this move aiming to test the resolve of Washington. If the US fails to respond forcefully, the “Hong Kong Human Rights & Democracy Act” will become nothing more than just a piece of paper and Hong Kong will be transformed from “West Berlin” to “East Berlin”.
【#即時評論Viewpoint】關鍵在黨委。中聯辦從來不是政府部門，它的真身是「中國共產黨香港工作委員會」，即中共在港支部，早在1920年代就在港運作，1949年後稱新華社，2000年改名中聯辦。中聯辦一直以「第二支管治隊伍」（曹二寶語）身份干預香港自治，現在堂而皇之宣稱不受《基本法》限制，是要在香港確立「黨領導一切」的黨委制度。
美國將發表年檢報告，中國此舉有向華府叫陣之意味。如果美國不強力回擊，《香港人權與民主法》成了一紙空文，香港將由「西柏林」淪為「東柏林」。
📰https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/…/WS5e9c0231a3105d50a3d17390.…
Further reading:
Hong Kong and the US-China New Cold War／Brian C. H. Fong
https://bit.ly/2HMt7El
Source and translation:
Brain Fong Facebook, (20-Apr)
https://www.facebook.com/brianfonghk/posts/2891001154354656
#HKAutonomy #HongKongAutonomy #USHK #NewColdWar #HongKongPolicyAct #HongKongHumanRightsandDemocracyAct #HKHRDA #LiaisonOffice
It is all about the party committee system. The Liaison Office is NOT a government department. It is actually the “Hong Kong and Macau Work Committee of the Chinese Communist Party” (CCP). In other words, it is the CPP branch in Hong Kong. It has operated in Hong Kong since the 1920s, called “Xinhua Hong Kong” after 1949 and re-named as Liaison Office in 2000. The Liaison Office has intervened Hong Kong's autonomy as a “second government team” (a term coined by Cao Erbao); now it declares that it is standing above the Basic Law, trying to formally establish a “party-lead-all” committee system that the in Hong Kong.
When the US is about to release its certification report, China takes this move aiming to test the resolve of Washington. If the US fails to respond forcefully, the “Hong Kong Human Rights & Democracy Act” will become nothing more than just a piece of paper and Hong Kong will be transformed from “West Berlin” to “East Berlin”.
【#即時評論Viewpoint】關鍵在黨委。中聯辦從來不是政府部門，它的真身是「中國共產黨香港工作委員會」，即中共在港支部，早在1920年代就在港運作，1949年後稱新華社，2000年改名中聯辦。中聯辦一直以「第二支管治隊伍」（曹二寶語）身份干預香港自治，現在堂而皇之宣稱不受《基本法》限制，是要在香港確立「黨領導一切」的黨委制度。
美國將發表年檢報告，中國此舉有向華府叫陣之意味。如果美國不強力回擊，《香港人權與民主法》成了一紙空文，香港將由「西柏林」淪為「東柏林」。
📰https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/…/WS5e9c0231a3105d50a3d17390.…
Further reading:
Hong Kong and the US-China New Cold War／Brian C. H. Fong
https://bit.ly/2HMt7El
Source and translation:
Brain Fong Facebook, (20-Apr)
https://www.facebook.com/brianfonghk/posts/2891001154354656
#HKAutonomy #HongKongAutonomy #USHK #NewColdWar #HongKongPolicyAct #HongKongHumanRightsandDemocracyAct #HKHRDA #LiaisonOffice
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U.S. agency criticizes Hong Kong air carrier quarantine rules
The U.S. government warned it could limit flights by Hong Kong-based carriers.
The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) issued an order on Mar 17 requiring Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific to file flight schedules for all U.S. flights within seven days to determine if any are “contrary to applicable law or adversely affect the public interest”.
It was to react to rules issued by Hong Kong in January requiring locally based air crews to quarantine when returning there from international locations, but exempted flights between Hong Kong and Anchorage, Alaska’s biggest city. USDOT said Hong Kong’s restrictions exclusively benefited Hong Kong carriers and “impaired the operating rights of U.S. carriers”.
Source: Reuters #Mar17
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-airlines-hong-kong/u-s-agency-criticizes-hong-kong-air-carrier-quarantine-rules-idUSKBN2B90C8
#HongKong #CathayPacific #Airline #HKQuaratine #Covid #USHK #US
The U.S. government warned it could limit flights by Hong Kong-based carriers.
The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) issued an order on Mar 17 requiring Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific to file flight schedules for all U.S. flights within seven days to determine if any are “contrary to applicable law or adversely affect the public interest”.
It was to react to rules issued by Hong Kong in January requiring locally based air crews to quarantine when returning there from international locations, but exempted flights between Hong Kong and Anchorage, Alaska’s biggest city. USDOT said Hong Kong’s restrictions exclusively benefited Hong Kong carriers and “impaired the operating rights of U.S. carriers”.
Source: Reuters #Mar17
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-airlines-hong-kong/u-s-agency-criticizes-hong-kong-air-carrier-quarantine-rules-idUSKBN2B90C8
#HongKong #CathayPacific #Airline #HKQuaratine #Covid #USHK #US