191: The end of Hong Kong. Dr. Jonathan D. T. Ward @jonathandtward
Image: Hong Kong, Causeway Bay (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causeway_Bay) 1955. Public domain. Dr. Jonathan D. T. Ward, @jonathandtward, China’s Vision of Victory, in re: The president’s signing the Hong Kong Autonomy Act and issuing The Hong Kong Executive Order The Executive Order invokes IEPA several times: “any authority granted to the president may be used by the president if he declares a national security threat.” This is the key to disentangling the [unfortunate] commingling the US created with an unreformed [tyranny]. Hong Kong is n o longer separate from Mainland. It's a tragedy, was one of the world’s most beautiful cities. It’ll remain a financial center performing transactions for Mainland, such as Shenzen or Shanghai, but not be global financial center. Can his tragedy be reversed? Hard to do. It’s more important to offer a way out for those wishing to leave. What Beijing did was so blatant that even Angela Merkel [spoke on it]. In may ways, this is a test of Britain’s engagement with the world. They do have a global role; we’re starting to see it become more awakened and global.