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© 2021 AFPHong Kong elite selects powerful new 'patriots only' committee
By Yan Zhao and Su Xinqi HONG KONG©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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itsonlyrocknroll
Hong Kong is a dictatorship, there is not any minute semblance or pretense of freedom of expression, speech.
This is nonsense. a farce, nothing more than a meaningless façade.
socrateos
Hong Kong is dead.
Pukey2
This is sad for true democracy. HK is becoming more and more of a one-party state - rather like Japan.
Laguna
Ironic. Anyone who joins the "patriots only committee" is not a patriot.
Yubaru
Either you are ignorant of the differences between the systems, and not just the "one party" or you are just looking to stir the pot
Which is it? No one has ever tried to compare HK and Japan until you.
Pukey2
Oh boo hoo. If the LDP are kicked out of power anytime soon, I'll take back my words. Until then, the opposition in Japan are merely for looking at.
BackpackingNepal
Millions of foreign people have good memories of that spectacular spot in that photo.
takeda.shingen.1991@gmail.com
I don't think anyone would seriously dispute that there are problems with Japanese democracy, particularly when one takes into consideration the fact that since the end of WW2 the LDP have run Japan almost the entire time.
However, the LDP isn't locking dissidents up. They're not shutting down the Red Flag newspaper. Kind of an unfair comparison, in my opinion.
Fighto!
Hong Kong is a filthy sewer, a backwater of China. A place with zero freedom, zero democracy, corrupt leadership and where people who show any dissent at all are rapidly "disappearing" off the streets and never seen again.
"Patriots only" = COMMUNIST ONLY.
Boycott terror state Hong Kong.
Boycott Communist China.
Concerned Citizen
What happened to 'one country, two systems'? Never trust a word the CCP says. They lie through their teeth.
Pacific Saury
Well, no and yes, but to the first and second halves of that sentences respectively.
ShinkansenCaboose
@Pukey: Good words!
@FightO: Right on Wahington. Exactly!
@PettySmith: Why so angry all the time? Fighto's words and thoughts are not redundant. They are truths in my eyes.
@Concerned: Not sure how the one country two systems broke up so quickly, but it is a sure warning to Taiwan not to believe in Xi.
@Myself: With my vehement online anti-Xi and his thug CCP group I cannot and never will go to HK/CCP State and the mainland again but 100% support Taiwan.
Mr Kipling
concerned citizen...
Good question. The CCP are keeping their part of the deal. It is the "independence" movement that wants TWO COUNTRIES. Even today the people of Hong Kong have more say in their government than they ever did under the British.
Pukey2
That's the irony of it all. And Chris Patten was given the leadership role of being the last British governor of HK as a consolation prize after losing his seat of Bath. That's how much the Brits thought of HK, a top financial city of the world. Real elections didn't materialize until after 1997.
Foreign permanent residents in HK can participate in voting (and they may also become lawmakers, I think). I've certainly seen foreigners in high ranking positions within the judicial system and police. I'm saying all this because some people seem to think certain other countries are a LOT better and more foreigner-friendly.
Paul
Hong Kong is no more!!!!
Boycott VILE China!!!
Boycott Genocide Olympics!!!
ETHAN1001
The only way that China will change is when the USA and the rest of the world invest heavily in LDCs such as India, Philippines and Thailand so that they may improve and increase their exports. Until China has a manufacturing competitor and the USA reduces its imports from China, then China will do as it pleases. Economic or military confrontation is inevitable in the future. It would be wise to reduce the growth rate of GDP of China now before it becomes more powerful in the future!
Peter Neil
Ah yes, the old trot out the word "patriot" gambit.
Peter14
Poor Hong Kong has a rich history, but such a poor future under CCP rule. They deserve better.
takeda.shingen.1991@gmail.com
Uhhh...Did you read the article?
Tell me, how Democratic you think that is? 4,800 "patriots" get to select the next leader, and half the HK legislative body.
Yes, very Democratic indeed. You're not allowed to hold anti-China views.