I Couldn't Have Said It Better Myself (1)
Britain can't protect Hong Kong from China – but it can do right by its people.
To think we can sway authoritarian Beijing is fantasy. Instead we must make those who want freedom welcome in the UK. The sight of young people anywhere being brutally stripped of their freedom is depressing. When that freedom was a legacy, however brief, from the British crown, it is more so. The ban on dissent now imposed by China on Hong Kong smashes the spirit and letter of the Sino-British treaty of 1984. It shows China for what it is, an unprincipled dictatorship.
Simon Jenkins -- The Guardian
Additionally, it must be noted that the CCP has declared global jurisdiction by new law.
ReplyDeleteLet's list a few of the countries that have lost their basic human liberties; Turkey, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, Angola, Saudi Arabia (never had them), Zimbabwe, Egypt, Syria, Tibet, etc, and countries that are on the way to losing them; Poland, Austria, South Africa, Argentina, Congo, Philippines, Tunisia, Algeria the list goes on and on. There are very few real democracies still in the world. The US has declared global jurisdiction in many areas; ie the Monroe Doctrine and extra jurisdictional control of world trade, trade with Iran and Cuba, or any trade that does not satisfy the US President and politicians.
ReplyDeleteMmn, It's interesting that you left Israel from your list (A country that proudly describes itself as the only democratic country in the Middle East). Democratic for those who conveniently refer to themselves as Jews in this century. Palestine and the Palestinians must be simply left for future archeologists to study and rewrite the 21st century history books ... like so many books written by victors of war.
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